Jakarta vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jakarta	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$343	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$832	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.1	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$548	$1771
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	80	96
😀 Quality of life	65	80
🏙️ Population	10.6M	17.7M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 23% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6882nd and 5950th ($701 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 12th in Indonesia and China, respectively. Check Indonesia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Jakarta compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 4292nd and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jakarta vs Shenzhen

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	Jakarta	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.68	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.2	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$594	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1724	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$799	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.63	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.74	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.18	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8860	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609