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Nairobi vs. Bekasi Cost of Living Summary

Nairobi is 49.3% more expensive than Bekasi.

Restaurants: pay 91.1% more in Nairobi
Groceries: pay 10.8% less in Nairobi
Transportation: pay 2.4 times more in Nairobi
Housing: pay 24.3% more in Nairobi
Childcare: pay 73.0% more in Nairobi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 59.4% more in Nairobi
Clothing: pay 33.4% less in Nairobi

The cost of transportation, restaurants, childcare, entertainment and sports, and housing in Nairobi are more expensive than in Bekasi. Expenses including clothing and groceries are lower in Nairobi. Notably, transportation and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Nairobi.

Nairobi vs. Bekasi Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nairobi instead of Bekasi, you would:

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pay 91.1% more for restaurants

	Bekasi	Nairobi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.98 IDR49,685.26	$5.80 KES751.45	+94.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$3.28 IDR54,653.79	$6.97 KES901.74	+112.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 IDR8,280.88	$0.70 KES90.86	+41.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.25 IDR4,218.44	$0.55 KES71.09	+116.7%
Average			+91.1%

Bekasi vs. Nairobi - Cost of restaurants

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pay 10.8% less for groceries

	Bekasi	Nairobi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.16 IDR19,241.75	$0.55 KES70.74	-52.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.41 IDR73,463.21	$5.57 KES720.62	+26.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.55 IDR75,694.40	$3.36 KES434.42	-26.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.71 IDR28,404.07	$1.64 KES212.89	-3.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.43 IDR23,839.01	$2.92 KES377.80	+103.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.31 IDR21,880.37	$1.41 KES182.10	+7.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.70 IDR11,672.23	$0.47 KES61.45	-32.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.07 IDR17,772.70	$0.89 KES115.16	-16.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.78 IDR12,908.27	$0.46 KES59.05	-41.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.67 IDR11,148.24	$0.49 KES63.55	-26.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.16 IDR19,257.23	$0.51 KES65.57	-56.2%
Average			-10.8%

Bekasi vs. Nairobi - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.4 times more for transportation

	Bekasi	Nairobi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.94 IDR48,985.95	$5.40 KES698.91	+83.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.94 IDR198,741.04	$30.96 KES4,007.74	+159.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,995.26 IDR399,469,496.09	$21,671.83 KES2,805,417.96	-9.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.94 IDR65,584.54	$17.03 KES2,204.26	+332.2%
Average			+141.3%

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pay 24.3% more for housing

	Bekasi	Nairobi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.77 IDR412,330.33	$39.86 KES5,160.40	+61.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$298.45 IDR4,968,526.07	$476.96 KES61,741.91	+59.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$179.07 IDR2,981,115.64	$206.31 KES26,706.75	+15.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$47.90 IDR797,434.52	$29.32 KES3,796.09	-38.8%
Average			+24.3%

Bekasi vs. Nairobi - Cost of housing

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pay 73.0% more for childcare

	Bekasi	Nairobi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$95.50 IDR1,589,928.34	$224.14 KES29,014.37	+134.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,879.04 IDR131,169,088.27	$8,775.09 KES1,135,934.95	+11.4%
Average			+73.0%

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pay 59.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Bekasi	Nairobi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.13 IDR52,169.52	$2.32 KES300.58	-25.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.70 IDR28,320.60	$2.37 KES306.78	+39.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.81 IDR46,704.15	$3.10 KES400.77	+10.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$16.91 IDR281,549.81	$45.30 KES5,863.82	+167.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.58 IDR59,622.31	$7.35 KES951.84	+105.3%
Average			+59.4%

Bekasi vs. Nairobi - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 33.4% less for clothing

	Bekasi	Nairobi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.59 IDR892,076.23	$19.62 KES2,540.20	-63.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.62 IDR576,349.02	$24.88 KES3,220.51	-28.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$78.63 IDR1,309,015.52	$67.92 KES8,791.98	-13.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$87.07 IDR1,449,513.48	$62.28 KES8,061.57	-28.5%
Average			-33.4%

Bekasi vs. Nairobi - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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