Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Prices about 25% below Brussels
Income and price-level figures for Kuala Lumpur from official statistics, each with its source and date. Country-level context is labelled as country-level. More figures are added only when an official source and date are available.
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City Overview
The median household had MYR 10,802 a month before tax. Prices overall are about 25% below Brussels.
♙Population1,453,975
▣CurrencyMYR
◷TimezoneAsia/Kuala_Lumpur
▤CountryMalaysia
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Cost of Living in Kuala Lumpur
About 25% below Brussels
75.1Price level index (Brussels = 100)
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What Stands Out
Favorable signals● Low unemployment nationally● High internet use nationally● Price level below Brussels
ConsiderationsNo major negative claim is inferred from the current core data.
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Income
Median household income
Whole household, before taxMYR 10,802/monthKuala Lumpur, 2024, official statistics · source
Whole household, before taxMYR 10,802/monthKuala Lumpur, 2024, official statistics · source
Salary benchmarkMYR 3,938/month
Unemployment3.8%Country context when available (national)
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Climate & Context
Average temperature27.6°CYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Total rainfall2,802 mm/yearYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Internet users98%Country context (national)
Physicians per 1,000 people2.3Country context (national)
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Sources & dates for Kuala Lumpur
Price level (Brussels = 100)
Eurostat correction coefficient for duty stations outside the EU (Brussels = 100).75.1Eurostat — Extra-EU duty-station cost-of-living index · reference period 2025
Eurostat correction coefficient for duty stations outside the EU (Brussels = 100).75.1Eurostat — Extra-EU duty-station cost-of-living index · reference period 2025
Median monthly pay, paid employees
Department of Statistics Malaysia, Salaries and Wages Survey: median monthly salary and wages of paid employees in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian citizens only, before tax. Foreign workers are not counted.MYR 3,938/monthDepartment of Statistics Malaysia, Salaries and Wages Survey · reference period 2025
Department of Statistics Malaysia, Salaries and Wages Survey: median monthly salary and wages of paid employees in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian citizens only, before tax. Foreign workers are not counted.MYR 3,938/monthDepartment of Statistics Malaysia, Salaries and Wages Survey · reference period 2025
Median household income, before tax
Department of Statistics Malaysia, Household Income Survey: median gross monthly income of all households in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, before tax. Surrounding Selangor is not included.MYR 10,802/monthDepartment of Statistics Malaysia, Household Income Survey · reference period 2024
Department of Statistics Malaysia, Household Income Survey: median gross monthly income of all households in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, before tax. Surrounding Selangor is not included.MYR 10,802/monthDepartment of Statistics Malaysia, Household Income Survey · reference period 2024
Average temperature
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.27.6 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.27.6 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Total rainfall
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.2,802 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.2,802 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Unemployment, homicide rate, doctors, university enrolment and internet use above are national World Bank indicators for the whole country and are marked “national”. See the methodology for how each figure is collected, or report a correction.