One moment
Preparing your destination guide…
🇮🇩 Jakarta · The practical guide
Sourced price references for Jakarta. A household total is available only when all required monthly assumptions have been documented. Missing prices are not zero. See the sources and research limitations.
1 adult · estimated rates
€195–€342
IDR 4,000,000–IDR 7,000,000
€102–€146
IDR 2,100,000–IDR 3,000,000
€34–€59
IDR 700,000–IDR 1,200,000
€5–€7
IDR 100,000–IDR 150,000
€56–€93
IDR 1,150,000–IDR 1,900,000
€0
IDR 0–IDR 0
€15–€29
IDR 300,000–IDR 600,000
€12–€24
IDR 250,000–IDR 500,000
Recurring costs only. Flights, visas, insurance, medical care, deposits, setup, school and childcare are excluded. Confirm lease duration and household occupancy before booking.
1BR long-stay planning allowance. Research-based long-stay planning estimate (medium confidence), not a market statistic or a 30-day booking quote. A non-premium Jakarta apartment base with cooking, local meals, rail/bus travel and occasional taxis. The range reflects a practical long-stay model, not an expatriate executive package. These are recurring long-stay costs. Bare-rent references have unspecified lease terms; landlords can require multi-month or annual commitments, prepayment and deposits. Travelio monthly offers bundle some services and are only cross-checks. Verify foreign-tenant eligibility, fees, inclusions and capacity at the exact property; this is not a guaranteed 30-day booking. The planning population is a modest-to-comfortable long-stay household with a private kitchen, regular cooking and simple local meals; it is not a tourist resort or luxury expatriate package. Four accommodation bands assume one, two, three and four bedrooms or a larger/multiple-unit allowance. Exact occupancy, bed sharing, child ages and landlord permission are not verified. Larger households have greater uncertainty. Food includes groceries and 12 simple restaurant meals per adult each month. Children use 60% of the adult food allowance as a mixed-age planning assumption, not dietary advice. Each adult has a mobile plan and a basic gym membership. Children share parent connectivity and have no separately budgeted gym or paid activity membership. Coworking is one optional membership per household. It is excluded when remote work is off and is never multiplied by adult or child count. Ranges are editorial planning bounds, not statistical confidence intervals. All numeric observations are source snapshots; small contributor sets and property asking prices are not representative market surveys. Consumption taxes and ordinary service costs are allowed for in retail ranges; specifically pre-tax coworking and broadband references are grossed up. Confirm the actual invoice, inclusions and lease before committing. Rent bands model unbundled long-stay accommodation; utilities separately include one broadband connection plus a modest building/service allowance. Do not add that broadband/building portion again when comparing a bundled operator quote. Transport includes 4–8 occasional household taxi trips plus an individual public-transport allowance. Children are budgeted at the same individual allowance as adults because concession eligibility is unknown. Routine cleaning supplies and basic toiletries use a small portion of the household utility/service allowance. Occasional clothing replacement, electronics and other major or irregular purchases are excluded; add a personal contingency for them. Excludes: School and childcare fees; Flights, visas, travel/health insurance and medical treatment; Security deposits, prepaid lease cash requirements, relocation, furniture, installation and agent fees; Personal income taxes, major purchases, alcohol, domestic staff and paid child classes or clubs; Occasional clothing, electronics and other irregular personal purchases. Excludes flights, visas, insurance, school and childcare fees.
Costs updated: 2026-09-04 · Manual FX rate: 2026-09-03 · 1 EUR = 20,496.93 IDR.
Monthly household budget
€560/ mo
€420–€700 · IDR 8,600,000–IDR 14,350,000
1 adult
Long-stay planning estimate · Updated 2026-09-04
Recurring spend only. Lease minimums and deposits may apply; this is not a 30-day rental quote.
Research + explicit planning assumptions
Research snapshot: 2026-09-04 · medium confidence. This is a long-stay planning model, not a measured market average, a 30-day rental offer or an on-site assessment. Headline costs use the midpoint of the displayed range.
These are recurring long-stay costs. Bare-rent references have unspecified lease terms; landlords can require multi-month or annual commitments, prepayment and deposits. Travelio monthly offers bundle some services and are only cross-checks. Verify foreign-tenant eligibility, fees, inclusions and capacity at the exact property; this is not a guaranteed 30-day booking.
A non-premium Jakarta apartment base with cooking, local meals, rail/bus travel and occasional taxis. The range reflects a practical long-stay model, not an expatriate executive package.
Choose 4–7 million around the non-central aggregate and furnished asking-price context, allowing for specification differences. The studio, bundled promotions and bare 1BR are not averaged as identical products.
The Numbeo 1BR/3BR midpoint is about 7.03 million;2BR asking prices near 5.06–7.86 million and the furnished 85 m² reference 10.67 million support a rounded 6–10 million planning band. Bedroom size/lease differences remain.
Start from the outside-center 3BR reference 10.51 million and its published 7–15 million spread. Use 9–15 million for a practical larger home;85 m² furnished reference is context rather than a capacity claim.
No comparable four-bedroom sample was established. Model 1.3 times the 9–15 million 3BR band and round outward to 12–20 million; verify actual capacity or multiple units. This is explicit extrapolation.
Editorial adult basket:6 kg rice,6 litres milk,3 dozen eggs,4 kg chicken,8 kg mixed vegetables,5 kg fruit, bread and other proteins/pantry/water/snacks. Staple references imply roughly 1.2–1.8 million groceries; reserve another 0.4–0.6 million for omitted basket items/variation and 12 meals around 35,000 (420,000), then round to 2.1–3 million. Child rate is 60%; no certification assumed from a price source.
Individual allowance models 40–50 transit rides averaging 8,000–14,000; the 14,000 maximum anchors the upper end. Fixed 300,000–500,000 approximates 4–8 household taxi rides at 61,504. No car ownership, daily taxi commute or child discount assumed.
One 13GB/30-day 100,000 reference per adult plus up to 50,000 for renewal/top-ups/checkout variation. Children share a parent device. Device purchase and tourist activation packages excluded.
Fixed 1–1.6 million includes one broadband 350,000–450,000 (299,000 beforeVAT becomes 331,890 at 11%) and base electric/water/gas/waste plus modest building service allowance. Occupancy increments are editorial:150,000–300,000/adult and 100,000–200,000/child. A 2-adult 2-child home totals 1.5–2.6 million including internet. Bundled internet/IPL must not be counted twice.
Monthly full-access offers 1.7–3.15 million beforeVAT become 1.887–3.4965 million with 11%; rounded to 1.9–3.5 million. One optional household membership; excluded annual discounts and 10-day flex access.
A basic adult club allowance 300,000–600,000 straddles general 432,353 and business-area 580,809 references. Not a guaranteed walk-in tariff; joining fees/setup and child classes excluded.
Two movie tickets per adult at roughly 50,000–55,000 each plus 150,000–390,000 for modest local outings/nonalcoholic treats. Child 100,000–200,000 is a small outing allowance; paid recurring classes and major tours excluded.
Excluded: School and childcare fees; Flights, visas, travel/health insurance and medical treatment; Security deposits, prepaid lease cash requirements, relocation, furniture, installation and agent fees; Personal income taxes, major purchases, alcohol, domestic staff and paid child classes or clubs; Occasional clothing, electronics and other irregular personal purchases. Check every household member’s needs and actual lease conditions.
Comparable references are grouped by scope and unit. Multiple observations from one publisher are reduced to that publisher’s median; each publisher then has equal influence. These are medians of source reference points, not pooled population averages or statistical confidence intervals. The model also accounts for the lease, household and spending assumptions above.
| Scope | Publishers | Central reference | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole milk litre | 2 | 25,444.9 | local/litre |
| Large eggs dozen | 2 | 33,914.5 | local/dozen |
| Reference | Value / unit | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rent 1br outside center Outside-center 1BR; lease unspecified. | 3,556,470.59 local/month | Numbeo |
| Rent 3br outside center Outside-center 3BR; lease unspecified. | 10,509,090.91 local/month | Numbeo |
| Rent furnished 45m2 normal area Furnished studio 45 m²; not 1BR equivalent. | 6,896,540 local/month | Expatistan |
| Rent furnished 85m2 normal area Furnished 85 m²; bedroom count unspecified. | 10,674,000 local/month | Expatistan |
| Rent 1br monthly bundled asking Pancoran Riverside promotional asking price, IPL/internet normally bundled. | 3,890,000 local/month | Travelio |
| Rent 1br monthly bundled asking Callia promotional asking price, IPL/internet normally bundled. | 4,590,000 local/month | Travelio |
| Rent 2br monthly bundled asking Kebagusan City promotional asking price. | 5,060,000 local/month | Travelio |
| Rent 2br monthly bundled asking Signature Park Grande promotional asking price. | 7,860,000 local/month | Travelio |
| Simple restaurant meal Inexpensive meal; drink unspecified. | 35,000 local/meal | Numbeo |
| Whole milk litre Regular milk. | 23,911.76 local/litre | Numbeo |
| Whole milk litre Whole-fat milk; broadly comparable retail reference. | 26,978 local/litre | Expatistan |
| Large eggs dozen Large eggs. | 31,490.95 local/dozen | Numbeo |
| Large eggs dozen Large eggs. | 36,338 local/dozen | Expatistan |
| White rice kg White rice. | 15,483.11 local/kg | Numbeo |
| Chicken breast halfkg Boneless chicken breast. | 30,699 local/500g | Expatistan |
| Tomato kg Tomatoes. | 18,143 local/kg | Expatistan |
| Mrt max oneway Maximum listed corridor fare. | 14,000 local/ride | MRT Jakarta |
| Taxi 8km standard 8 km weekday taxi reference. | 61,504 local/ride | Expatistan |
| Basic utilities 85m2 Electricity, water and basic household utilities; broadband separate. | 1,701,746.3 local/month | Numbeo |
| Broadband 50mbps from pretax National tariff beforeVAT; area qualification required. | 299,000 local/month | Telkomsel |
| Mobile 13gb 30day 13GB product; activation/extra top-ups separate. | 100,000 local/30days | Telkomsel |
| Gym monthly general Fitness club; membership terms vary. | 432,352.94 local/month | Numbeo |
| Gym business district Business-district club; not directly pooled with general gym. | 580,809 local/month | Expatistan |
| Cinema single International release. | 55,000 local/ticket | Numbeo |
| Cinema pair Two movie tickets; kept in original units. | 102,101 local/2tickets | Expatistan |
| Cowork monthly full single pretax Monthly-billed full membership starting price. | 1,700,000 local/month | GoWork |
| Cowork monthly full multi pretax Monthly-billed multi-location membership. | 3,150,000 local/month | GoWork |
Initial assessment in five-point steps. Scores reflect editorial judgment about practical travel conditions; they are not user ratings, measured percentages, a religious certification or safety guarantees. Later admin edits can differ from this dated snapshot.
National tourism material and multiple documented operator halal claims make everyday meal planning comparatively easy. Outlet ingredients and certificates still need checking; cuisine is not certification.
medium confidence
Major mosques and documented shopping-center prayer rooms provide practical options across more than one daily setting. Exact opening hours, women areas and accessible routes remain venue-specific.
medium confidence
Private apartments span several price bands, and documented Muslim-oriented hotel facilities provide alternatives. Lease/deposit requirements, capacity and individual amenities limit an all-purpose rating.
medium confidence
Parks, museums and rail access support family outings, while road transfers, heat and flood disruption add planning. Schools and childcare are excluded from both this judgment and the budget.
medium confidence
The MRT has documented a women-only carriage measure and staffed public facilities assist travel. Its historic programme is not a current guarantee; first/last-mile arrangements and harassment precautions remain necessary. No identity-based safety guarantee.
low confidence
Travel is workable with precautions, but official advice identifies theft, unrest/terrorism context and flooding. This score summarizes planning friction, not a crime rate or probability of harm.
low confidence
Fixed-broadband products and multiple professional workspaces demonstrate usable options. Advertised speeds and national offers do not establish actual upload speed, uptime or power resilience at a rental.
low confidence
MRT, commuter-rail access near Kota Tua and an airport train provide useful trunk routes. Coverage is not door-to-door; transfers and traffic-sensitive last miles affect the base you choose.
medium confidence
Computed from the solo, coworking-off monthly planning midpoint (€560) relative to the 7 September 2026 destination models, cheapest €560, most expensive €2846. Logarithmic scale from 90 to 40, rounded to five points. It is not a local-wage affordability statistic.
medium confidence
Documented 24-hour hospital and ambulance services support urban access. Care quality, specialty availability and cost vary, and the national advisory warns of treatment/evacuation constraints; no clinical quality guarantee.
medium confidence
Pedestrian heritage cores and parks are useful local exceptions. The research does not establish continuous comfortable walking between districts; heat, flooding and transport dependence create substantial friction.
low confidence
Warm year-round conditions suit some visitors, while humidity, heavy seasonal rainfall and flood disruption reduce outdoor comfort. This is a preference-sensitive editorial judgment, not a forecast.
low confidence
A major international gateway with an operator-documented rail link offers strong access. Allow for terminal transfers and road disruption; airline availability and journey times depend on the date.
medium confidence
Relative to the seven September 2026 long-stay models: round-to-5(90 − 50 × ln(solo midpoint / cheapest) / ln(most expensive / cheapest)). A relative editorial comparison, not local purchasing power or a wage measure. Reference range: €560–€2,846 per solo household/month across7 destinations.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Country-level travel advice; specific Bali cautions and Jakarta flooding. Not a local crime rate or a personal safety guarantee.
Indonesia Ministry of Tourism · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
General tropical rainfall-season guidance, not a station normal.
Indonesia Ministry of Tourism · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Names Jakarta among destinations with prayer facilities and halal dining; does not certify any individual venue.
Indonesia Ministry of Tourism · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Mosque identity and Jalan Katedral address; avoid capacity superlatives, which vary among sources.
Indonesia Ministry of Tourism · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Mosque identity, Menteng location, address and community role.
Dapur Solo · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Operator location list and claim that all outlets are halal. We retain HALAL_CLAIMED, not certification.
Grand Indonesia · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Current operator lists East Mall level 3 A and West Mall levels LG and 6; genders, wudu and access hours not detailed.
Indonesia Ministry of Tourism · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Address and family accommodation, musholla and check-in policy. Source has inconsistent bar field; no alcoholFree Boolean inferred from it.
Jakarta Provincial Government · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Taman Suropati and its Menteng address; supports neighborhood context, not a safety rating.
Indonesia Ministry of Tourism · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Heritage district, museums, pedestrianized core and Jakarta Kota rail access. No claim that MRT currently reaches Kota Tua.
MRT Jakarta · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Full station-to-station tariff table on operator subdomain: IDR 3,000–14,000. Main public page returned a JS-only shell; corroborated by operator FAQ maximum.
Telkomsel · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
National prepaid product, not proof of coverage at an address. Published 8GB/70,000 and 13GB/100,000 for 30 days; SIM registration and eligibility must be checked. Model allows extra top-ups and any checkout charges.
Telkomsel · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
National advertised service, address/zone availability required. Internet-only 50Mbps starts 299,000 before VAT; model uses roughly 350,000–450,000 inclusive rather than asserting every property qualifies.
Indonesian Directorate General of Taxes · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
18 February 2025 explanation of rules preserving the non-luxury burden when the headline VAT rate changed. Budget applies 11% to explicitly pre-tax ordinary coworking/internet quotes; actual invoice classification must be confirmed.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · Official · Accessed 2026-09-04
Country-level advice: quality and service availability vary, serious treatment/evacuation may be costly. Not a city quality ranking; insurance and treatment are outside the recurring model.
Numbeo · Community aggregate · Accessed 2026-09-04
Search-rendered June 4 2026 snapshot:1,135 entries/159 contributors in 12 months. Direct page open failed. Self-selected, mixed-neighborhood observations; lease and tax detail unspecified. Prices were inspected in the search-rendered table.
Expatistan · Community aggregate · Accessed 2026-09-04
September 3 2026:88 prices from 15 people; publisher explicitly warns of low reliability. Furnished 45/85 m² categories differ from Numbeo bedroom definitions. All-in totals use a different expatriate basket.
Travelio · Listing · Accessed 2026-09-04
Search-rendered recent catalogue showed Pancoran Riverside 1BR 3,890,000/month; Callia 1BR 4,590,000; Kebagusan City 2BR 5,060,000 and Signature Park Grande 2BR 7,860,000. Promotions and availability change; subsequent live page did not expose those same rows. Used as asking-price context, not guaranteed inventory.
Travelio · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Operator explains monthly advertised rents include IPL and internet, electricity/water extra; annual rents exclude these. Model represents unbundled long-stay rent and utilities; bundled monthly quotes are sanity checks only, not directly averaged with bare rents.
GoWork · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Monthly-billed full single-location membership starts 1,700,000 beforeVAT; multi-location 3,150,000 beforeVAT. Annual/half-year discounted prices and 10-credit-only flex plans were excluded.
MRT Jakarta · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
March 2023 announcement for weekday peak periods; evidence of a support measure, not a current guarantee of availability or freedom from harassment. Reconfirm signage.
RS Pondok Indah · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Operator lists 24-hour emergency/ambulance services in Pondok Indah and Puri Indah; confirms facility access, not clinical outcomes or affordability.
InJourney Airports · Operator · Accessed 2026-09-04
Airport operator documents the KAI Commuter airport rail connection. No fixed travel-time or current timetable is promised.
1–2 people
IDR 4,000,000–IDR 7,000,000
Per month ·estimate
3–4 people
IDR 6,000,000–IDR 10,000,000
Per month ·estimate
5–6 people
IDR 9,000,000–IDR 15,000,000
Per month ·estimate
7–8 people
IDR 12,000,000–IDR 20,000,000
Per month ·estimate
| Item | Price range (IDR) | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| MRT single journey, station-dependent adult fare (operator matrix)MRT Jakarta · accessed 2026-09-04MRT Jakarta · accessed 2026-09-04 | IDR 3,000.00–IDR 14,000.00 | Per ride |
Prices are estimates. Costs updated 2026-09-04. Unit prices are reference points, not additional items added to your household total.
Price sources and research limitations