Jakarta vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jakarta	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$343	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$832	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$548	$2731
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	80	72
😀 Quality of life	65	78
🏙️ Population	10.6M	7.01M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 57% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6882nd and 2911th ($701 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Jakarta compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4292nd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Jakarta vs Riyadh infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/jakarta/riyadh.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Jakarta vs Riyadh infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/jakarta/riyadh" target="_blank">Jakarta vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Jakarta vs Riyadh

Prices for goods and services in Jakarta and Riyadh are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Jakarta	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.68	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.2	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$594	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1724	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$799	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.63	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.74	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.18	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8860	$10598

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529