Jakarta vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jakarta	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$343	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$832	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.1	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$548	$553
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	80	43
😀 Quality of life	65	64
🏙️ Population	10.6M	1.08M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 9% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6882nd and 6565th ($701 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Indonesia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Jakarta compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4292nd and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jakarta vs Nur-Sultan

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	Jakarta	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.68	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.2	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$594	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1724	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$799	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.63	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.74	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.18	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8860	$5487

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Cities near Jakarta

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	South Tangerang	$536
17 km or 11 mi	Bekasi	$518
20 km or 12 mi	Depok	$385
24 km or 15 mi	Tangerang	$558
43 km or 27 mi	Bogor	$513
78 km or 48 mi	Serang	$492
79 km or 49 mi	Sukabumi	$563
95 km or 59 mi	Cilegon	$488
106 km or 66 mi	Cimahi	$500
114 km or 71 mi	Bandung	$545
195 km or 121 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
196 km or 122 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
198 km or 123 mi	Cirebon	$521
210 km or 131 mi	Metro	$432
226 km or 141 mi	Banjar	$490
263 km or 163 mi	Tegal	$480
292 km or 182 mi	Cilacap	$474
321 km or 200 mi	Pekalongan	$471
403 km or 251 mi	Semarang	$493
423 km or 263 mi	Salatiga	$421
423 km or 263 mi	Prabumulih	$417
427 km or 265 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
427 km or 265 mi	Palembang	$395
463 km or 288 mi	Surakarta	$417
467 km or 290 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
540 km or 335 mi	Madiun	$486
548 km or 340 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
575 km or 357 mi	Bengkulu	$500
597 km or 371 mi	Kediri	$464
622 km or 386 mi	Blitar	$453
627 km or 390 mi	Jambi	$458
633 km or 393 mi	Mojokerto	$505
653 km or 406 mi	Batu	$410
661 km or 411 mi	Surabaya	$549
667 km or 414 mi	Malang	$365
688 km or 427 mi	Pasuruan	$510
724 km or 450 mi	Probolinggo	$614
742 km or 461 mi	Pontianak	$427
826 km or 513 mi	Singkawang	$430
836 km or 520 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512