How much does it cost to live in Ubud?
Typical Month (Mid Range)
$1,193 (IDR 21,107,348)
Housing, food, transport, mobile, coworking and gym.
Updated September 2026 · Sources cited: coliving.app, coliving.love
- Typical Month (Lower End)
- $1,287 (IDR 22,766,353)
- Typical Month (Premium)
- $2,304 (IDR 40,757,348)
- Furnished 1-bed rent
- $678 (IDR 12,000,000)
Central Ubud / Penestanan
Good to know
Good to Know
- Warungs (small family-run local eateries) are dramatically cheaper than the cafes and brunch spots nomads tend to frequent — cooking or eating local can cut your food budget by 3-5x compared to eating exclusively at Western-style cafes.
- Most long-stay housing in Ubud is priced and negotiated by the month directly with villa owners or coliving operators rather than through fixed online rates, so quoted prices are often a starting point for negotiation, especially outside July-August and December-January peak season.
- Cheaper housing in areas like Tegallalang or further from central Ubud usually requires a scooter, since public transport is minimal and walking distances are long on narrow, sidewalk-less roads.
- Coliving packages (like Outpost) bundle rent with coworking access, which makes them pricier than a bare private room but can be worth it if you'd otherwise pay separately for a coworking membership.
- Hubud, Ubud's pioneering and most famous coworking space, has permanently closed — don't plan a trip around it; Outpost Ubud (in the former Roam property in Penestanan) is now the main established coworking option.
- Ubud has no metro or city bus system, so there's no monthly transit pass — almost everyone gets around by rented scooter or Grab/Gojek ride-hailing.
- Foreigners are legally required to hold an International Driving Permit with a motorcycle category to ride a scooter in Bali; checkpoints do happen and riding without one risks a fine or the scooter being impounded.
- Telkomsel is generally the most reliable carrier for the hillier, more rural parts of greater Ubud compared to XL Axiata or Indosat.
- The B211A visa is single-entry — leaving Indonesia during your stay automatically voids it, so plan any trips home or visa-run-adjacent travel carefully around this.
Monthly Totals
- Mid-range month
- IDR 21,107,348
Includes 5 estimated components
- Lean month
- IDR 22,766,353
Includes 3 estimated components
- Comfortable month
- IDR 40,757,348
Includes 5 estimated components
Living Costs
- Where nomads live
- Nomads and expats concentrate in central Ubud (around Ubud Palace and Jalan Monkey Forest) for the first months, then commonly shift to Penestanan (hillside, west of the center) for more quiet/privacy, with a smaller cluster further out in Tegallalang for those who want rice-terrace scenery and don't mind a 15-20 minute scooter ride into town.
Housing (per month)
- Mid-range 1-bed
- IDR 12,000,000
Estimated
No single live listing captured a specific mid-tier price at the time of research; estimated as a blend of furnished 1BR villa/apartment ranges seen across Flatio, Bali Villa Hub and coliving.love listings for central Ubud/Penestanan, which commonly fall in the IDR 8-16M/month band for a private furnished 1BR with pool access.
- Budget studio / 1-bed
- IDR 6,000,000
Survey / cost-of-living site
Nomad relocation guide coliving.love states 'Villas from IDR 6M/month (~€360)' for the Penestanan area, described as quieter and hillside with rice terrace views.
- Premium apartment
- IDR 25,000,000
Estimated
No specific live premium listing price was retrieved at the time of research; estimated from general knowledge of Ubud's upper-tier private-pool villa rental market (e.g. Sayan, Nyuh Kuning, central Ubud) which is commonly quoted in the low-to-mid tens-of-millions of IDR per month for a 2-3BR private-pool villa.
- Private room in a shared home
- IDR 17,599,686
Operator's own price
Outpost Ubud (Penestanan) coliving listing: private ensuite room 'from $995/mo', includes access to the on-site Outpost coworking space.
Published in USD
Groceries
- Groceries for one (month)
- IDR 2,000,000
Estimated
Estimated by scaling per-item supermarket prices reported for Ubud (hikersbay) to a typical single-person monthly basket for someone cooking most meals at home at a mid-range supermarket; no single source stated a monthly total directly.
Sample prices
Milk (1L)
- Milk (1L)
- IDR 23,000
Survey / cost-of-living site
Hikersbay Ubud price data: 'Bottle or carton of milk (1 liter): 1.30 USD (23,000 IDR)'.
Cheese, Yellow (1kg)
- Cheese, Yellow (1kg)
- IDR 167,000
Survey / cost-of-living site
Hikersbay Ubud price data: 'Popular yellow cheese (1 kg): 9.50 USD (167,000 IDR)'.
Sausage/cold Cuts (1kg)
- Sausage/Cold Cuts (1kg)
- IDR 275,000
Survey / cost-of-living site
Hikersbay Ubud price data: 'A sausage or cold cuts (1 kg): 16 USD (275,000 IDR)'.
Bottled Water, 1.5L (Store)
- Bottled Water, 1.5L (Store)
- IDR 6,000
Estimated
Common supermarket price for 1.5L bottled water across Bali; not stated directly on the Ubud page retrieved, so treated as an estimate rather than sourced.
Eating out
- Cheap meal
- IDR 18,750
Estimated
Midpoint of the stated warung range: 'Average Cost: 15,000 to 35,000 IDR ($1.00 to $2.30 USD) per plate.' [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 25000 IDR reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
- High-end meal
- IDR 1,150,000
Estimated
Midpoint of the stated range: 'Tasting menus at renowned restaurants like Locavore in Ubud range from 800,000-1,500,000 IDR ($53-100 USD) per person.'
- Mid-range meal
- IDR 58,125
Estimated
Midpoint of the stated range for a cafe/boutique restaurant: 'IDR 60,000 – IDR 95,000, often featuring organic ingredients... a popular choice for Ubud dining.' [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 77500 IDR reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Work, Transport & Essentials
Coworking
- Venue
- Outpost Ubud (Penestanan)
- Day pass
- IDR 265,322
Survey / cost-of-living site
Bali coworking price-comparison blog (2026) lists Outpost Ubud's day pass at $15 USD; notes the original Ubud space, Hubud, has closed and Outpost is now the main established option.
Published in USD
- Monthly hot desk
- IDR 2,000,000
Survey / cost-of-living site
2026 digital-nomad Bali budget guide states Outpost Ubud's unlimited monthly coworking membership is IDR 2,000,000, including yoga and community dinners.
Transport
- About monthly passes
- Ubud has no formal public bus/metro network and therefore no monthly transit pass; nomads typically rent a scooter monthly or use Grab/Gojek ride-hailing per trip.
- Single ride
- IDR 30,000
Estimated
Source states Grab rides within Ubud/Canggu run IDR 20,000-40,000; figure here is the midpoint of that stated range, so marked as estimated rather than a single quoted price.
Mobile & data
- Monthly plan
- IDR 150,000
Survey / cost-of-living site
2026 Bali nomad budget guide states a local Telkomsel SIM with 50GB of high-speed data runs IDR 150,000 per month.
Short Stays (per night)
- Seasonal pricing
- Yes
- Why
- Ubud has a pronounced dry-season tourism peak (May–October) driven by ideal weather for outdoor activities, with accommodation pricing measurably higher in these months than in the wet/low season (November–April).
Low season
- Budget
- IDR 560,000
2-star hotel (KAYAK: January cheapest at $370/night average across all tiers; 2-star tier approximately $35–50)
- Luxury
- IDR 3,840,000
5-star hotel (low-season estimate approximately 35–40% of high-season rate; ~$240 from Booking.com year-round average of $214 plus low-season variance)
- Premium
- IDR 1,600,000
4-star hotel (low-season rates approximately 50% of high season; ~$100–120 estimated)
- Standard
- IDR 960,000
3-star hotel (Expedia/sources confirm Feb–March and November as cheapest months; 3-star approximately $55–70)
High season
- Budget
- IDR 1,200,000
2-star hotel average (KAYAK: $74/night for 2-star, converted to IDR)
- Luxury
- IDR 10,560,000
5-star hotel (Booking.com: $214/night average year-round; high-season weekend rates $665+; luxury-segment sourcing from travel guides shows £150–£750+, approximately $190–950 USD; conservative high-season estimate $660)
- Premium
- IDR 3,200,000
4-star hotel (Momondo: ~$230/night average; high-season peak from KAYAK Sept $820/night average across all tiers, 4-star tier approximately $200–250)
- Standard
- IDR 1,920,000
3-star hotel mid-range (Booking.com and Expedia range $110–130/night high season)
Low-season months
- November
- December
- January
- February
- March
- April
High-season months
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Sources cited for this category
These are the sources cited in this cost of living research for this city. Individual figures may not each trace to one of them.
- 1.coliving.app
- 2.coliving.love
- 3.hikersbay.com
- 4.tamandukuh.com
- 5.sevenpaintingsubud.com
- 6.nomada.co
- 7.finnsbeachclub.com
- 8.destinationoutpost.co
- 9.destinedforbali.com
- 10.asialifestylemagazine.com
- 11.expatis.com
- 12.roampads.com
- 13.thegoodobserverblog.co.uk
- 14.abrotherabroad.com
- 15.saily.com
- 16.ubudcenter.com
- 17.nomadsembassy.com
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