🇮🇩 4 cities in Indonesia, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇩 YogyakartaMid-size city | $53.8 | $1,045 | Rp24,000 | Rp29,000 |
| 🇮🇩 LombokResort | $61.5 | $1,341 | Rp29,000 | Rp33,000 |
| 🇮🇩 JakartaBig city | $67.8 | $1,679 | Rp30,000 | Rp38,000 |
| 🇮🇩 BaliResort | $71.9 | $1,765 | Rp35,000 | Rp40,000 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $53.8 and $71.9 a day depending on the city — about $63.7 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $1,045–$1,765 by city, about $1,458 on average.
By daily budget, Yogyakarta ($53.8/day) is the cheapest and Bali ($71.9/day) the most expensive.