Overall score
Jakarta is most useful for users comparing affordability, services, and connectivity in Southeast Asia against air-quality, flood, and subsidence considerations.
Overall70/100
Affordability80/100
Air quality56/100
Energy68/100
Indonesia / Southeast Asia
Jakarta City Intelligence
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).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- 33.4M metro
National Monument (Indonesia)
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Overall city intelligence
Good70/100
Strong affordability and cultural depth balanced against air-quality and flood pressure.
Affordability profile
Favorable
Cost-of-living levels are comparatively favorable.
Cultural depth
Very high
Diverse cultural and culinary traditions shape daily life.
Jakarta data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| 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. |
Safety
Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.
Safety
Overall safety52/100
Low crime52/100
Personal safety54/100
Night safety45/100
Road safety56/100
Jakarta has a moderate safety estimate (52/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.
Quality of Life
A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.
Quality of Life
Quality of life58/100
Healthcare63/100
Education69/100
Green space41/100
Cleanliness55/100
Infrastructure70/100
Mobility66/100
Jakarta has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (58/100) across our combined indicators.
Family Friendliness
How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.
Family Friendliness
Family friendliness58/100
Education69/100
Green space41/100
Overall safety52/100
Jakarta scores moderate for family living (58/100).
Digital Nomad Suitability
Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.
Digital Nomad Suitability
Digital nomad suitability69/100
Walkability83/100
Cycling59/100
Infrastructure70/100
Jakarta is high for remote workers (69/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.
Retirement Suitability
Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.
Retirement Suitability
Retirement suitability58/100
Healthcare63/100
Cleanliness55/100
Outdoor lifestyle15/100
Jakarta is moderate for retirement (58/100), appealing for affordability.
Emergency and public safety in Jakarta
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 and hospitals in Jakarta
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.
Transport and mobility in Jakarta
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.
Air quality dataset
Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Jakarta. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Jakarta
Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025
Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location
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. | ||
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal City Intelligence — air-quality dataset
Verified data unavailable- Publisher
- Global City Intelligence
- Last verified
- 2026-05-16
The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).
Methodology and context
Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Open the Jakarta air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Explore Jakarta modules
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Cost of Living in Jakarta
Jakarta offers strong affordability for a major Southeast Asian capital, with food and transit costs supporting steady daily life.
Air Quality in Jakarta
Jakarta's air-quality profile is shaped by traffic, industry, and meteorology, with active monitoring and policy attention.
Energy in Jakarta
Jakarta's energy profile reflects an active transition with growing renewable build-out at the national level and rising efficiency programs.
Safety in Jakarta
Jakarta has mid-tier safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern.
Internet Speed in Jakarta
Jakarta has solid fiber broadband and broad mobile coverage, supporting a fast-growing digital-services and creative-economy sector.
Climate Risk in Jakarta
Jakarta faces meaningful climate exposure from coastal flooding, subsidence, and rising heat, balanced by major adaptation programs and a planned capital relocation.
City rankings
Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.
Cost of living in Jakarta
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 in Jakarta
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 in Jakarta
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.
Universities and education in Jakarta
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 in Jakarta
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
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
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.
Nearby cities from Jakarta
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Jakarta. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Singapore, Singapore
Cross-border · about 892 km from Jakarta. Explore Singapore's city intelligence profile.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cross-border · about 1183 km from Jakarta. Explore Kuala Lumpur's city intelligence profile.
Interpretation
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.
Sources
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.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- World Health Organization: WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.