# Cost of living in Bali, Indonesia

> A one-year remote-work KITAS with no tax on foreign income, beaches everywhere — and the weakest infrastructure on this list.

- **Source:** https://cost-of-life.com/cost-of-living/bali
- **Last reviewed:** 2026-08-01
- **Grounded:** 12% of this budget rests on a published source (weighted by spend, not by field count); the rest is modelled
- **Currency:** IDR
- **Region:** Southeast Asia
- **Cost index:** 21 (New York = 100)

## Monthly cost by household

| Household | Housing | Monthly cost (USD) |
| --- | --- | ---: |
| One adult, moderate | 1-bed, city centre | $1,344 |
| Couple, moderate | 1-bed, city centre | $1,823 |
| Family of four with childcare and a car | 3-bed, outside centre | $3,489 |

## Full breakdown for one adult

| Category | Item | Monthly (USD) | Quality | Basis |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| Housing | 1-bed, city centre | $700 | estimated | Median advertised rent for this unit type |
| Utilities | Electricity, heating, water, refuse | $52 | estimated | 65% of an 85m² bill |
| Utilities | Home internet | $25 | estimated | One 60 Mbps+ connection per household |
| Utilities | Mobile plans | $8.00 | estimated | 1 plan |
| Food | Groceries | $260 | estimated | 1.0 adult-equivalents × 1.00 lifestyle factor |
| Food | Casual meals out | $14 | derived | 6 per adult per month |
| Food | Restaurant dinners | $27 | derived | 1 mid-range dinner for two |
| Food | Coffee | $27 | derived | 12 per adult per month |
| Food | Drinks out | $16 | derived | 6 per adult per month |
| Transport | Scooter rental & fuel | $24 | estimated | No usable transit network here — a scooter is the local default |
| Transport | Ride-hailing & taxis | $21 | derived | 6 rides of ~6 km per month |
| Healthcare | Out-of-pocket visits & pharmacy | $14 | estimated | 0.40 consultations/month plus pharmacy |
| Lifestyle | Gym memberships | $50 | estimated | 1 membership |
| Lifestyle | Cinema & outings | $5.00 | estimated | 1 per person per month |
| Lifestyle | Clothing & personal items | $53 | derived | Amortised monthly at this lifestyle level |
| Other | Household & unbudgeted spending | $48 | estimated | 8% of non-housing spend — repairs, gifts, admin, the things nobody budgets for |
| **Total** | | **$1,344** | | |

## Salary and tax

On a gross salary of $100,000/year in Indonesia:

- Income tax: $26,008
- Employee social contributions: $4,000
- Take-home: $69,992/year ($5,833/month)
- Effective rate: 30.0%
- Left after the one-adult budget: $4,489/month

Average local net salary: $400/month, which covers 0.3x the one-adult budget.

- E33G remote-worker permit holders are not taxed on foreign-sourced income.

## Quality of life (0-100)

| Metric | Score |
| --- | ---: |
| Safety | 66 |
| Healthcare | 54 |
| Air quality | 60 |
| Public transport | 15 |
| Walkability | 35 |
| English proficiency | 66 |
| Family friendliness | 68 |
| Nightlife | 82 |
| Median broadband | 60 Mbps |

## Climate

Average 27°C; summer highs 32°C; winter lows 23°C; 2600 sunshine hours and 1700 mm of rain a year. Climate type: tropical.

Monthly mean temperature (°C), January first: 26.5, 26.4, 26.8, 26.7, 26.4, 25.9, 25, 24.9, 25.5, 26.6, 27.1, 26.9.
Monthly rainfall (mm): 246, 311, 204, 175, 161, 100, 90, 39, 116, 78, 182, 231.
Source: Open-Meteo historical archive, 2023-2025.

## Visas and practicalities

- Remote-work visa: yes
- The E33G remote-worker KITAS gives a year of residence with no Indonesian tax on foreign income.
- Coast: 10 minutes to a beach
- Time zone: Asia/Makassar
- Metro population: 1.0 million


## Data quality

Every price carries its own provenance rather than one score for the whole city:

- **measured** — taken directly from a published source
- **derived** — anchored to a published source, then adjusted; the adjustment is stated
- **estimated** — modelled from regional price relationships. Nobody measured it.

By share of spend: 0% measured, 12% derived, 88% estimated.

Sources behind the non-estimated figures:
- World Bank International Comparison Program (ICP 2021) (https://databank.worldbank.org/source/icp-2021), as of 2021

## Method and limits

Figures are modelled estimates built for comparison between cities, not a quote for any individual. Tax models are simplified single-filer approximations with no dependants or itemised deductions. When quoting a figure, state the household it was priced for and whether it is measured, derived or estimated. Full methodology: https://cost-of-life.com/methodology

## Related

- Salary calculator: https://cost-of-life.com/salary/bali
- Affordability check: https://cost-of-life.com/can-i-afford/bali
- Machine-readable API: https://cost-of-life.com/api/cities