Cost of living comparison
Tirana is 85.9% more expensive than Jakarta.
If you lived in Tirana instead of Jakarta, you would:
pay 3.1 times more for restaurants
Jakarta
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.19
IDR34,983.76
|
$10.76
ALL992
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$3.44
IDR54,974.48
|
$7.91
ALL729
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.60
IDR9,648.30
|
$1.61
ALL149
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.35
IDR5,563.21
|
$0.84
ALL77
|
|
pay 25.2% more for groceries
Jakarta
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.20
IDR19,142.66
|
$0.98
ALL90
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.73
IDR59,544.16
|
$6.08
ALL561
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.15
IDR82,244.74
|
$7.55
ALL696
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.91
IDR30,551.60
|
$3.58
ALL330
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.51
IDR24,108.12
|
$3.61
ALL333
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.35
IDR21,600.44
|
$0.68
ALL63
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.71
IDR11,330.93
|
$1.11
ALL102
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.94
IDR14,997.46
|
$0.82
ALL75
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.60
IDR9,606.30
|
$0.84
ALL77
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.68
IDR10,835.84
|
$0.50
ALL46
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.06
IDR16,969.46
|
$0.56
ALL52
|
|
pay 3.6 times more for transportation
Jakarta
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.17
IDR50,683.40
|
$7.77
ALL716
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$10.96
IDR174,918.81
|
$17.22
ALL1,587
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$25,043.97
IDR399,814,426.18
|
$25,292.78
ALL2,330,683
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$3.04
IDR48,477.50
|
$29.06
ALL2,678
|
|
pay 14.6% more for housing
Jakarta
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$27.70
IDR442,277.48
|
$17.40
ALL1,603
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$427.91
IDR6,831,312.01
|
$568.58
ALL52,393
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$250.92
IDR4,005,833.00
|
$380.80
ALL35,090
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$70.34
IDR1,122,897.41
|
$77.97
ALL7,185
|
|
pay 2.3% more for childcare
Jakarta
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$157.15
IDR2,508,835.52
|
$235.39
ALL21,690
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$8,849.09
IDR141,271,258.38
|
$4,857.15
ALL447,578
|
|
pay 53.7% more for entertainment and sports
Jakarta
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.19
IDR34,983.76
|
$2.69
ALL248
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.26
IDR36,064.34
|
$1.81
ALL167
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.63
IDR41,980.51
|
$3.77
ALL347
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$28.00
IDR446,999.42
|
$44.86
ALL4,134
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.29
IDR52,475.64
|
$8.61
ALL793
|
|
pay 33.6% more for clothing
Jakarta
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$53.99
IDR861,979.19
|
$64.36
ALL5,931
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$33.58
IDR536,111.16
|
$48.67
ALL4,485
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$80.78
IDR1,289,691.71
|
$95.47
ALL8,797
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$82.70
IDR1,320,220.55
|
$125.92
ALL11,603
|
|
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