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Bekasi vs. Cairo Cost of Living Summary

Bekasi is 70.4% more expensive than Cairo.

Restaurants: pay 10.5% more in Bekasi
Groceries: pay 2.8 times more in Bekasi
Transportation: pay 53.4% more in Bekasi
Housing: pay 78.2% more in Bekasi
Childcare: pay 2.3 times more in Bekasi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 29.9% more in Bekasi
Clothing: pay 10.6% more in Bekasi

The cost of groceries, childcare, housing, transportation, entertainment and sports, and clothing in Bekasi are more expensive than in Cairo. Notably, groceries, childcare, and housing are significantly more expensive in Bekasi.

Bekasi vs. Cairo Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 10.5% more for restaurants

	Cairo	Bekasi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.16 EGP198.00	$2.98 IDR49,685.26	-28.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.19 EGP247.51	$3.28 IDR54,653.79	-36.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 EGP18.15	$0.50 IDR8,280.88	+30.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.14 EGP6.85	$0.25 IDR4,218.44	+76.4%
Average			+10.5%

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pay 2.8 times more for groceries

	Cairo	Bekasi
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 EGP28.55	$1.16 IDR19,241.75	+92.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.88 EGP89.38	$4.41 IDR73,463.21	+135.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.73 EGP177.64	$4.55 IDR75,694.40	+22.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.45 EGP68.95	$1.71 IDR28,404.07	+17.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.06 EGP98.36	$1.43 IDR23,839.01	-30.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.74 EGP35.43	$1.31 IDR21,880.37	+76.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.34 EGP15.97	$0.70 IDR11,672.23	+109.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.28 EGP13.55	$1.07 IDR17,772.70	+275.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.13 EGP6.01	$0.78 IDR12,908.27	+514.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.97	$0.67 IDR11,148.24	+255.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.88	$1.16 IDR19,257.23	+520.8%
Average			+180.9%

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pay 53.4% more for transportation

	Cairo	Bekasi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.36 EGP64.90	$2.94 IDR48,985.95	+116.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$6.44 EGP306.91	$11.94 IDR198,741.04	+85.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,398.47 EGP1,782,036.92	$23,995.26 IDR399,469,496.09	-35.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.66 EGP126.72	$3.94 IDR65,584.54	+48.1%
Average			+53.4%

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pay 78.2% more for housing

	Cairo	Bekasi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.92 EGP615.43	$24.77 IDR412,330.33	+91.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$213.48 EGP10,172.29	$298.45 IDR4,968,526.07	+39.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$137.13 EGP6,534.14	$179.07 IDR2,981,115.64	+30.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$19.12 EGP911.30	$47.90 IDR797,434.52	+150.5%
Average			+78.2%

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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

	Cairo	Bekasi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$92.85 EGP4,424.15	$95.50 IDR1,589,928.34	+2.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,210.79 EGP105,344.37	$7,879.04 IDR131,169,088.27	+256.4%
Average			+129.6%

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pay 29.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Cairo	Bekasi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.45 EGP69.30	$3.13 IDR52,169.52	+115.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.62 EGP76.99	$1.70 IDR28,320.60	+5.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.08 EGP99.00	$2.81 IDR46,704.15	+35.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$17.31 EGP825.00	$16.91 IDR281,549.81	-2.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.74 EGP178.20	$3.58 IDR59,622.31	-4.2%
Average			+29.9%

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pay 10.6% more for clothing

	Cairo	Bekasi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.96 EGP1,618.06	$53.59 IDR892,076.23	+57.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.38 EGP2,162.58	$34.62 IDR576,349.02	-23.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$117.30 EGP5,589.12	$78.63 IDR1,309,015.52	-33.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$61.59 EGP2,934.70	$87.07 IDR1,449,513.48	+41.4%
Average			+10.6%

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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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