How Much it Costs to Live in Jakarta Indonesia (not what i expected) 

How much do you spend per month? Comment below 👇🏼

I'll be moving to a city near Jakarta for a teaching job, wish me luck! 🤞

Kos kosan : 1.200k (90$) Makan (Warteg) @20k x 3 x 30 : 1.800 (130$) Transportasi : 500k (45$) Internet : 200k (15$) Hiburan : 500k (45$) Jajan : 1.000k (90$) Biaya tak terduga : 50$ Total 465$

It's because you live in an expensive area, if you want to stay to the side a little, you only spend half of it.

Jakarta might be "not really that famous" for Western tourists compared to Bali (while theyre visiting Indonesia). But Actually Jakarta tourism is pretty massive huge too (before pandermic) majority visitors were coming from Asia, Middle east and domestic market.

you are going to travel around Indonesia? wow that amazing!

As an Irishman my bar bill for 1 month in Jakarta would equal Alexander's total bill. You did well.

Hai Alex, don't forget to compare also the total cost of living in Jakarta, Bangkok and Singapore if you have the chance to visit these places ! Because these three countries Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore are among the favourite destinations in South East Asia for tourists from all over the world. Your information could be very useful for us.

My dream is to move to Indonesia. Not to Jakarta--but someplace soothing and tropical. I'd like to work remotely for a US company so I can earn American money but stretch it amazingly far in Indonesia. The reality is the American Dream is dead. To achieve it you have to leave America to places where you don't have to work 80 hours a week to afford to live the sweet life. I don't mind giving up some Western comforts either. To not worry about money would be a dream come true.

This is surreal, your video is so organised and edited so well, I love, I'd be lying if I said I don't plan to move there, subscribed instantly

my last trip to Indonesia in August 2019 It was 30 days. 15 days in Bali and 15 days in Jakarta $3,200 cost for a month Like the king :)

I live in Jakarta, well suburbs.. Anyway, I think the total living cost is on the average side. Your apt is on the more expensive side (all things considered), and you eat out a lot.. So those a big addition to you.

Cool video bro, been following since u came to Jakarta. Try to visit Jogja for a month, it's a student-city so it's quite cheap for living and food costs :D

1 month and I will be there. 🙏

348 USD will be just one dinner for 2 or 3 at the best steak house for example back in US including tax, tips and drinks

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yo the camera quality is so peng, keep up with the good videos man, been enjoying it since the start

accommodation will be cheaper if you live in south jakarta area, at fatmawati area or setiabudi area all place near public transport MRT and Trans Jakarta, these place also already have complete fasilities like swimming pool also small gym may only cost you 400 usd per month..👍

17:45 Planning for the next trip? I can't wait to see what's next city you're gonna visit. I recommend you to visit Yogyakarta because it's well known for its low cost of living and it has kinda different style of tourism compared to Bali. Enjoy! 👍

nice to be able to watch your video Alexander. Living in several cities in Indonesia has differences, and if in Jakarta the cost of living a month is quite cheap. It all depends on the lifestyle of some foreigners. Hopefully this video will be useful, make reference many people. Good evening, have a nice day. Stay healthy .. Thank you for choosing to live in Indonesia.👍👍

Laundry in my area (suburb of Jakarta is Rp. 6000 a kilo. Your laundry is at the high-cost apartment.

1300$?..damnn I lived in jakarta, and my family spending per month is only like 250-300$.. If u need cheap and fullfilling food, just go to a place called "warteg". Per portion is only like 0.80-1$ depends on what food u choose.

Good morning Very useful information! Excellent video coverage! I live in America for 30 years! I sing on smule! Indonesian lagu! I learned by listening! I wish to visit indonesia in future! Thank 🇱🇷🙏👍

Very informative and very detailed. I thought you can save a little bit of money if you stay in South Jakarta. Also, you can eat cheaper street foods. They come in many shapes and sizes and also super cheap. I hope you enjoyed your time in Jakarta.

Cool vid, I've been to Jakarta once and Bekasi and have found amazing apartments for less than that, keep up the good content

Keren... Terima kasih sudah ada translate ke Bahasa Indonesianya & ngomongnya tidak terlalu cepat 👍 Kapan-kapan ke Cirebon 😀

i really like this video. cz not only you show about the good spot in jakarta/ bali, you also at least give information about the facility n the total living cost for a month

I have lived in Jakarta since 2000. From renting room lodging (aka indekos), to cheap studio in a housing project (rusun), to renting medium apartment and now living in an apartment in embassy area (most of inhabitants are foreigners. Only about 20-30% WNI). The differentiating factor for cost in Jakarta is your accomodation. I own my place, so only pay utilities now. If I were to rent my 3B unit, it would cost me 1200-1700 USD a month. An 3B in a luxury apartment nearby would cost you 4000-6000 USD a month/1B prolly 2000-2500. And as it is listed in expensive area, the electricity, water bills are expensive. You can get 3B apartment in medium apartment such as Taman Rasuna for roughly half the price (and the utilities will also be cheaper). If you go lower, such as Basura or Kalibata City, it would be even cheaper. Cheapest would be renting a house. But even I dont wanna do that.... can be too much hassle

I think it really depends on the quality of life you want to get in Jakarta. Many Indonesian folks will say you can spend like < $500 / month in Jakarta. Sure, if you just rent a regular shared room in local housings/lodge with shared bathroom and kitchen, being cheapskate in any aspects. But if you want to keep the American / European lifestyle with nice, private apartment (which I can understand from foreigner POV), good quality of food, some drinks (alcohols are EXPENSIVE in Indonesia, compared to EU), of course that's gonna cost much more. Generally, you can find many choices depends on your budget. Sooo... I don't think it's fair to compare the local living and foreigner living. It's much more fairer to compare it with the living cost of the same quality in another city / country.

That's a price for luxury living. If you know locals, you can book a 3-room rent house for $200 or below, fully furnished, air-conditioned. The apartment you lived is very costly, only for the rich.

Thanks om from Indonesia

From your video it looks so comfortable living in Indonesia. The place you stayed in Jakarta (& its amenities/facilities) seems a lot better than in Bali & Mexico.

Hi! Thanks for the informative video!

Actually when I visited Sulfur Lake (Kawah Putih) it can take 5 hours or more if you go there during holiday time. Me and my family get traffic jam stuck when visited that place and going to home. tips: go to the sulfer lakes (Kawah putih) on weekdays, don't go there during holiday season, if you want to go during holiday season, then you have to be patient with traffic jams. *Uncle Alex, It´s me Andre, from Bandung, If you remember me.

Taman Anggrek is indeed a little bit more on the medium-to-expensive range, especially with the fact that you booked it through Airbnb. But again, it's not a studio (which could go as low as 4.5, even exclusive kost2an (a type of housing) with breakfast and all could reach 3 mils/mo) and the base price for a month rent is usually more expensive by millions compared to a longer period of rent (3-12 months). For example, your apartment cost you approx. 9 mil for 1 mo. Multiply by 6 and it's gonna be 54-55 mils while you can push as low as 45 mils if you book it for 6 months (but well.....not like you wanna stay there for 6 mo lol) Plus, Bali as a tourist destination really dropped their prices to attract the current dwindling tourism due to Covid so some of the fare you paid in Bali were in discount

You shocked yet you survive living through in Jakarta. Good job! 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 When I was in Jakarta, I spent almost USD 1,333 a month! Now, I'm living in East Java that cost me only USD 200 a month. 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

Great stuff. Keep it up. It's refreshing to finally see (and suscribe) a channel vlog on my hometown Jakarta. Jakarta is a great city when one has lived here, hope you enjoy the city and be able to share the amazing aspects of this great town.

Center jakarta is one of the expensive area. And you can eat a street food meal that only cost you 0.8$ till 3$

Very valuable points are mentioned in your video & very nice presentation.. lol.

Yes, Alex. No doubt, you've spent a lot while living in Jakarta for a month. If you looking more places to visit that probably more afforable, try to visit Yogyakarta or Batu in Malang, East Java! So many places that you can visit with less expenses compared to Jakarta😀

I really enjoy watching your videos, so informative. I have told all my friends about you, you're the reason why I'm going to start traveling and living abroad.

I live in California and your apartment is basically a steal for that price. I plan on moving to asia to save costs like you did. Being a maritime worker is better if you live overseas!

That's exactly like what i voted😂 From your first video vlog in Jakarta until the last, i could imagine that the cost would be more than $1.000. Fighting bro 😁👏

Still affordable price than somewhere in US...

I live with my whole family (4people) so we don't need to rent. The electrical bills monthly is 100 USD, for dine in and entertainment go up to 350 USD, phone bills for 9 USD, Internet (i used cbn) for 28 USD, groceries monthly including the vitamins and supplements for 150 USD, salon n massage up to 50 USD.

Great breakdown!

i can say smaller depends on which area in jakarta you stay

Thanks for this video n thanks for sharing d cost of living in Jakarta.

It seems your number of viewers increased sharply when you started uploading videos about Indonesia

Please back in Indonesia. So many fans here.

Those prices you mention ,are the higher rates ...... I live in South-Centre Jakarta ,and I pay only about 0.6 USD /kg of laundry ......for food ,it depends where and what you eat.......motor bike rental is uncommon in JKT ,so the solution is you buy a used bike (ranges 100 - 400 USD ,depending on type and manufacture year) ,and you sell after you are through ,sometimes you can sell equal to purchase value ,meaning you rented for free......

Solid content. Well presented. Thank you.

Actually i don't use much data about 15$+ For food i spent about 120$ Public transport about 20$+ Furniture about 40$+ Basicly about : 350$+

Iya bang jakarta bagi warga indonesia biaya lumayan mahal sama kayak pekanbaru dan daerah2 lainnya

Awesome information, all details. Thanks Alex

Have u ever hear KarimunJawa Island in central java?

Your lifestyle here in Jakarta or Bali is like a dream for our most local people here because average sallary for staff employee in Jakarta is around 300 usd so most of us have to thinking how to survive in our country so we must smart to spend money and doing a lifestyle. Sometimes we okay to spend our money for like entertainment with family or hang out with friends or maybe order a good food or eat in a fancy restaurant but just for appreciate our work hard, but the rest we do usually life in standard like cooking for saving more money than order food. The fact is many locals here can’t afford yet to buy a landed house, many locals are still rent a house / contract (kontrakan).

I am Indonesian woman and i spending 1000usd monthly too i love in Jakarta near Mulia hotel.

Yeah cost of living in indonesia can be cheap or costly depend on our lifestyle, its also depend on ur city choice. I think for content maker like you first is cheap and safety place to stay with good wifi, for eating choose Street food its also can became ur content maybe eat sometimes using gofood or grabfood if you want to looking for western taste, in city like jakarta or surabaya you can walk and use city bus, or even buy bike for like $50-$100 to cut cost and sell it later for 50-75% price. For constant traveling to another city or island covid test is a must, and always save your result for later use until you asked to retest or moving. Have fun in Indonesia.

Well done, agree on sky bar it's beautiful very cool.

Keep up the good work bro.. as an Indonesian living in Jakarta i really enjoying what you explained.. with that kind of lifestyle, at least a person need an IDR 30M++/month wages in Jakarta..

your largest cost is accommodation, USD 667 = around 10 mio IDR ... that's coz u live in premium apt, just check airbnb, they have many offer around 200-400 usd / month ...

Great information!Thanks a lot!

Hi andrew actually that Tap cash ( BNI e-money) also can use for MRT system, not only for transjakarta you can top up the balance and use your e-money for using in both Transjakarta & MRT, as well as shopping grocery in Indomaret, Alfamart and others For me I prefer to Buy Mandiri e-money Card, because it is more popular and is easy to top up in every Indomaret across Indonesia

I can say that monthly cost is quite normal for Jakarta, considering Jakarta is one of the most expensive place to live in Indonesia. But still it is all about finding the right place with the right price. If you considering comfort than the price is fine, but if you want to be more economic maybe you'll need to be less comfortable :D Anyways hope you enjoy your stay in Jakarta

Hiya. Great video. Always great content. Thank you for sharing. :D

Basically Jakarta is one of cheapest city to live depanding on how u live, stay and ur activities. Half from ur budget was spent for ur accmdation And ur trsnport where u stay in west jkt but ur activities u spent was out of west jkt, for next better u choose to stay at Thamrin or sudirman area or atleast setiabudi area so u can easy to get everything u need and chaper than Where ubstay was due to the location And easy if u want to go to west, east, nortH or even to neigbour city like bogor or bekasi by KRL and another public trasnport. And this area has pedestrian friendly aswel and many foodcourt everywhere and also local food.

My time in Jakarta 3 years ago: Accomodation: Central Jakarta Pejompongan 200USD Transportation: 100USD Groceries: 50USD Eating Out: 400USD Phone & Data: 20USD Entertainment: 100USD

you should try to stays in East Jakarta, Bassura City Apartmetn (above Bassura Mall), the cost of living will be more cheaper and you are staying above Bassura City Mall.

Can't wait to watch your next video👍

West Jakarta is more expensive for food and accomodation south Jakarta you fortunately can find Nasi Padang 10K-12K more variety food vendor in go-food..

Hi bro.. did u know that currently is @ number 20 in the list of the most expensive cities in the world... above LA, SF, Boston, Vancouver, Madrid, Rime, Berlin n d others...

Thanks for the video. Am considering taking a job opportunity there. Btw, I’m Chinese living in Shanghai. Still cheaper than my city.

Carefull..!! Jakarta have lot of fancy restaurant and food cost in resto is more expensive then Malaysia or even Singapore... You need to add some travel medical Insurance cost in your budget.. some food are spicy and oily.. not suitable for Foreigner or farang.. On top of that if you are single, night life in Jakarta can a-bit costly as liquor is heavy tax

Well if you stay in the south, the internet it's gonna be non an issue, living cost will be less than other part of jakarta, so much thing you can do interm of hanging out, places to go, etc. I recommended, get Smartfren SIM card, cheapest best cellular company you can get or IM3 from Indosat.

Wow its more than 1k for a month. I think the cost of living is depend to which level of life you want to have. With your detail cost I prefer to save the accommodation since when we are travelling and we spend our time the most at the street, 10hours in apartment vs 14 hours on the outside. For me, if I was you, maybe it possible to spend around 500. Again, it depend to you and your pocket.. enjoy your time in indonesia!!!

In my childhood when we used to live in Jakarta, rent for a whole house was plus minus 1200 dolars per year, but it is still really affordable

U should stay in suburb like tangerang depok a little bit far away but cheaper

I think that is actually quite accurate if we are counting for mid to upper budget for living in Jakarta, it does get quite expensive depend on where u live and what lifestyle or basic need you want to ask, and for foreigner I think the budget is quite on point. What i would like to mention is that there are quite alternative for those budget : 1. For living places, usually it would be better if you have someone who have experience and able to speak Indonesian because there are places which provide good places to live but dont ask you for that much, especially if you dont actually cook, you will have better option or u can rent a place that have a public kitchen. This places can be found on instagram with keyword kostjakarta. Info, this will provide you with cheaper option, depend on wha u need. 2. For that eating expenses, it does get quite expensive in Jakarta compare to most cities in Indonesia so.. Its hard to get around that, one of the option definitely find a time to cook when u are not busy or definitely use grab or gojek to buy food, not only will it give u cheaper price (with discount if you use it frequently), it will also deliver it to you so you dont have to bother being worry about what to eat if you are foreigner (remember to always pay the amount like what the apps shows u, cause sometimes there are individual who are a little bit naughty and ask for extra" 3. For Data, if you are using Telkomsel on daily basis, download the apps for it "Mytelkomsel". That apps will record everytime u increase ur balance or buy DATA, this way u will gain more poin and status and they will offer u cheaper option for Data if you gonna live in Indonesia for more than a month. Or, if you are living purely in Jakarta or just traveling to big cities, the other provider that I suggest you to consider is IM3 (Indosat) and XL. These 2 providers works as well as Telkomsel and at certain level XL is better in stability.

Dari Bandung selalu hadir 💪

Go to big city Surabaya, Medan, Makasar, jogjakarta, Semarang Banjarmasin dll mister

Nice vid! Did u also eat on the street? I think it could have saved u some more dollars ;) Next time go to a Gamelan concert or a traditional Javanese dance show!

Less eating out....I live in South Jakarta and have a family. I don't even spend that much for a family of 4. Maybe it is because we don't go to fancy restaurants? We love the local food and food stalls. Live like a local, and the costs are much less expensive.

😁living in Jakarta is expensive yeahh many people say like that broo but so many people got so much money from my city now with their jobs😀i saw that with my own eyes coz i live here since i was a little kid..thank you for visiting my city💙hope you enjoy it...Enjoy Jakarta guys...love and peace

go to surabaya/jogja/solo/semarang for next trip

is that restaurant expense for 1 or 2 people ? is that based on 2 people for Mexico & Bali as well ?

I recommend you travel to pulau seribu

wait, so i assume you didn’t take the krl to bogor? i was waiting for that one

very good information Alex, thank you

The first month in a new place is always the most expensive

You should have visited cinemas, Dufan and Taman Mini Indonesia Indah while in Jakarta

Pls share the link of place in Bali you stayed. Looks nice and clean. Which area ? Thanks

try to living in Yogyakarta or Surabaya sir, this 2 city has more cheaper on living costs

Iv been there in Jakarta live in Gadjah Mada Apartemen only cost around 700 - 800 month for two people. Just need to find place where is more cheaper in Jakarta, little bit hard but if u pay attention u will get it. high class for cheaper cost. Now i live in Batam Kepulauan Riau u must try go here Sir. Sorry my bad english ;D

those green things hanging on the wall look very interesting. 300-400 is a studio, not bad.

Great job on the breakdown of costs. I can't wait until they open up for American tourists?

Kl loundry ditempat yg biasa paling 1kg Rp3000..tergantung lokasinya..

Great video. Can you make a video about how you pay everything like in terms of bank accounts, credit cards. Like how you manage your money while living abroad? That would be awesome.

Very interesting to see your living expenses. You lived a very frugal lifestyle for a foreigner in Jakarta. I think it would be interesting for you (or someone) to do a RU-vid video on the costs / expenses for a foreigner's lifestyle in Jakarta - maybe your collaborator, Kristian, could do that type of video. I estimate it is likely to be USD3 - 4,000 a month. Jakarta is certainly cheaper than Singapore or Hong Kong but people need to realise that Jakarta is now a major international city and the living expenses reflect that.

If you don't live a very lavish life like going to the mall every day or going to high end restaurant 3-5million is more than enough to get by