Indonesia / Southeast Asia
Jakarta is Indonesia's capital and one of Southeast Asia's largest urban regions, with deep cultural variety, growing transit investment, and active climate-adaptation work. Jakarta is a southeast asia city of about 33.4M metro in Indonesia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Jakarta sits around the indexed median (70/100).
National Monument (Indonesia)
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Composite profile
70/100
Jakarta is most useful for users comparing affordability, services, and connectivity in Southeast Asia against air-quality, flood, and subsidence considerations.
70/100
Strong affordability and cultural depth balanced against air-quality and flood pressure.
Favorable
Cost-of-living levels are comparatively favorable.
Very high
Diverse cultural and culinary traditions shape daily life.
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 70/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 80/100 | Jakarta offers strong affordability for a major Southeast Asian capital, with food and transit costs supporting steady daily life. |
| Air Quality | 56/100 | Jakarta's air-quality profile is shaped by traffic, industry, and meteorology, with active monitoring and policy attention. |
| Energy | 68/100 | Jakarta's energy profile reflects an active transition with growing renewable build-out at the national level and rising efficiency programs. |
| Safety | 70/100 | Jakarta has mid-tier safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern. |
| Internet Speed | 76/100 | Jakarta has solid fiber broadband and broad mobile coverage, supporting a fast-growing digital-services and creative-economy sector. |
| Climate Risk | 60/100 | Jakarta faces meaningful climate exposure from coastal flooding, subsidence, and rising heat, balanced by major adaptation programs and a planned capital relocation. |
| Resilience | 64/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.
Jakarta has a moderate safety estimate (52/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.
A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.
Jakarta has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (58/100) across our combined indicators.
How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.
Jakarta scores moderate for family living (58/100).
Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.
Jakarta is high for remote workers (69/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.
Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.
Jakarta is moderate for retirement (58/100), appealing for affordability.
Local public safety guidance for Jakarta, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Jakarta, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Indonesia emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare context for Jakarta, with national-level information from Indonesia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Jakarta, see the Indonesia healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Local mobility context for Jakarta, with national-level context from Indonesia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Jakarta, see the Indonesia transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.
Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Jakarta. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Source-attributed values for Jakarta will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset
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Quick, evidence-based answers about Jakarta drawn from this profile's indexed cost, climate, safety, economy, education, healthcare and nearby-nature data. Figures are deterministic estimates for orientation — verify specifics with official sources.
Yes — good quality of life (58/100) and a tourism economy economy.
Good (58/100) on safety, schools and green space.
More affordable than average; about 10,600,000 IDR/month for one person (estimate).
Late spring to early autumn; warmest in Jan, coldest in Jul.
Mainly tourism, manufacturing, hospitality.
A tropical climate, averaging about 26.7°C.
Higher education is strong (66/100).
Healthcare access is good (62/100).
Retirement suitability is good (59/100).
No major nature destinations are indexed within day-trip range.
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Jakarta offers strong affordability for a major Southeast Asian capital, with food and transit costs supporting steady daily life.
Jakarta's air-quality profile is shaped by traffic, industry, and meteorology, with active monitoring and policy attention.
Jakarta's energy profile reflects an active transition with growing renewable build-out at the national level and rising efficiency programs.
Jakarta has mid-tier safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern.
Jakarta has solid fiber broadband and broad mobile coverage, supporting a fast-growing digital-services and creative-economy sector.
Jakarta faces meaningful climate exposure from coastal flooding, subsidence, and rising heat, balanced by major adaptation programs and a planned capital relocation.
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Cost of living estimates for Jakarta — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.
Climate profile for Jakarta — Tropical climate, annual average 26.7°C, comfort score 41/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs profile for Jakarta — tourism economy, economy score 62/100, key industries including tourism, manufacturing, hospitality. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Education profile for Jakarta — regional education center, education score 65/100, 7 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Healthcare and retirement profile for Jakarta — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 62/100, retirement score 59/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.
Estimate a monthly budget for Jakarta using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.
Plan a trip budget for Jakarta using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.
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Common questions about living in, visiting, working in, studying in and retiring to Jakarta, answered from the indexed cost-of-living, climate, safety, economy, education, healthcare and nearby-nature data on this profile.
Jakarta has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (58/100) across our combined indicators. Visitors can also reach nature such as nearby parks and countryside within weekend range.
Jakarta has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (58/100) across our combined indicators. It indexes 58/100 for overall quality of life.
A single resident of Jakarta spends roughly 10,600,000 IDR per month, with a one-bedroom rent near 5,660,000 IDR. Overall the city is more affordable than average for Indonesia. These are modelled estimates, not live quotes — verify locally.
Plan for below-average living costs and check current rents before relocating. Jakarta is high for remote workers (69/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.
Jakarta's labour market is moderate, with opportunities concentrated in tourism and hospitality, manufacturing and finance and professional services. Jakarta has a tourism-driven economy with strengths in tourism, manufacturing and hospitality.
Jakarta offers solid infrastructure and amenities for remote professionals, with a remote-work score of 60/100.
Jakarta is a regional education center with a mix of universities and research activity in our dataset, spanning fields such as Law, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Jakarta offers a strong student environment, supported by walkable neighborhoods and relatively affordable living.
Jakarta has a regional healthcare center, supported by hospitals, specialist services, and public-health infrastructure, with a healthcare score of 62/100. Residents have solid access to healthcare across primary, specialist, and emergency care.
Jakarta offers a combination of healthcare access, safety, and amenities that may appeal to retirees, with a retirement score of 59/100. Residents benefit from walkable streets and day-to-day services.
Jakarta has a tropical climate, averaging about 26.7°C annually with roughly 2696 mm of rain. The hottest month is Jan and the coldest Jul. The driest is typically Aug.
Jakarta has a moderate safety estimate (52/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.
Jakarta indexes a walkability score of 83 and a cycling score of 59 out of 100. Check the local operator for live transit routes and fares.
Jakarta has limited indexed nature destinations within day-trip range.
Jakarta scores moderate for family living (58/100).
Jakarta rates 15/100 for outdoor lifestyle and 41/100 for green space.
Jakarta is most useful for users comparing affordability, services, and connectivity in Southeast Asia against air-quality, flood, and subsidence considerations. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (80/100) and internet speed (76/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (56/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.
Country context is available on the Indonesia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Jakarta appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.