Kuala Lumpur

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Cost of living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Costs of living in Kuala Lumpur are in the least expensive 20 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Moving to Kuala Lumpur will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.

Housing prices in Kuala Lumpur

Large apartment

$500$940
$720
Median rent in city center
-48%
Compared to average rent of all cities

Medium apartment

$430$790
$610
Median rent in city center
-45%
Compared to average rent of all cities

Small apartment

$350$640
$490
Median rent in city center
-42%
Compared to average rent of all cities

Prices for items of daily living

PricePrice compared to the average price of all citiesPrice ranking compared to all cities
Food & drink
A kilogram of Apples$2.60-9%122/266
Bread$0.65-16%113/264
A Cappuccino$3.50+4%145/266
A beer$3+53%242/264
Lunch$3.60-69%8/266
Transportation
Monthly public transport$35-39%74/266
5km taxi ride$2.90-65%43/264
Other
Movie ticket$3.60-64%10/266
Monthly fitness club membership$43-12%131/266
Broadband internet connection$41+11%147/250