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Yogyakarta vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary

Yogyakarta vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Yogyakarta instead of Quito, you would:

pay 73.5% less for restaurants

 
Quito
Yogyakarta
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.00
 
$1.12
IDR20,237.63
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$7.67
 
$3.35
IDR60,712.90
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.40
 
$0.39
IDR7,019.93

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pay 10.5% less for groceries

 
Quito
Yogyakarta
Bread
1 loaf
$1.57
 
$1.06
IDR19,225.75
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.21
 
$2.79
IDR50,594.09
Milk (1 gallon) $4.29
 
$4.51
IDR81,714.98

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pay 35.2% less for transportation

 
Quito
Yogyakarta
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.17
 
$3.02
IDR54,777.13
Monthly public transit pass $21.00
 
$8.72
IDR158K
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $21,000.00
 
$15,646.07
IDR283M

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pay 38.5% less for housing

 
Quito
Yogyakarta
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$28.45
 
$20.49
IDR371K
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $482.78
 
$214.13
IDR4M
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $313.44
 
$158.32
IDR3M

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pay 77.4% less for childcare

 
Quito
Yogyakarta
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $743.00
 
$83.82
IDR2M
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,951.43
 
$4,051.21
IDR73M

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pay 54.3% less for entertainment and sports

 
Quito
Yogyakarta
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.50
 
$2.51
IDR45,534.68
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.38
 
$1.25
IDR22,640.85
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$6.00
 
$2.85
IDR51,605.97

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pay 25.5% less for clothing

 
Quito
Yogyakarta
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$70.10
 
$53.78
IDR974K
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$49.62
 
$32.58
IDR590K
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$115.66
 
$83.82
IDR2M

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