Jakarta vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Jakarta	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$757	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2071	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$375	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.9	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$582	$1865
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	77	92
😀 Quality of life	63	86
🏙️ Population	10.6M	1.38M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 54% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6641st and 3084th ($757 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Indonesia and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Indonesia vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Jakarta compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 4600th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jakarta vs Prague

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	Jakarta	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.3	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.7	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1262	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.4	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2279	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.14	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.2	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.3	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.34	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.8	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.2	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9494	$12545

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Cities near Jakarta

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	South Tangerang	$577
17 km or 11 mi	Bekasi	$541
20 km or 12 mi	Depok	$419
24 km or 15 mi	Tangerang	$605
43 km or 27 mi	Bogor	$553
78 km or 48 mi	Serang	$524
79 km or 49 mi	Sukabumi	$596
95 km or 59 mi	Cilegon	$522
106 km or 66 mi	Cimahi	$530
114 km or 71 mi	Bandung	$571
195 km or 121 mi	Tasikmalaya	$401
196 km or 122 mi	Bandar Lampung	$378
198 km or 123 mi	Cirebon	$551
210 km or 131 mi	Metro	$438
226 km or 141 mi	Banjar	$517
263 km or 163 mi	Tegal	$512
292 km or 182 mi	Cilacap	$508
321 km or 200 mi	Pekalongan	$506
403 km or 251 mi	Semarang	$550
423 km or 263 mi	Salatiga	$447
423 km or 263 mi	Prabumulih	$441
427 km or 265 mi	Yogyakarta	$453
427 km or 265 mi	Palembang	$420
463 km or 288 mi	Surakarta	$434
467 km or 290 mi	Pagar Alam	$485
540 km or 335 mi	Madiun	$507
548 km or 340 mi	Lubuklinggau	$496
575 km or 357 mi	Bengkulu	$530
597 km or 371 mi	Kediri	$487
622 km or 386 mi	Blitar	$470
627 km or 390 mi	Jambi	$499
633 km or 393 mi	Mojokerto	$512
653 km or 406 mi	Batu	$427
661 km or 411 mi	Surabaya	$558
667 km or 414 mi	Malang	$388
688 km or 427 mi	Pasuruan	$495
724 km or 450 mi	Probolinggo	$518
742 km or 461 mi	Pontianak	$458
826 km or 513 mi	Singkawang	$459
836 km or 520 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$549

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141