Singapore Woman Shares How Much It Costs to Be a Digital Nomad in Bali

During an interview, digital nomad Jane Tor shares the costs she spends while living in Bali, Indonesia.

Less than $800 a month.

Yes, that’s what digital nomad Jane Tor reckons she spends a month living in Bali. And that’s including rent too.

Talk about living a dream life.

In an Aug 28 interview with Singapore-based content creator Edoardo “Eddie” Liotta, otherwise known on TikTok as Mozarellapapi, Jane revealed that she pays about $200 per month for a one-bedroom villa in the region of Amed, which is a generally cheaper area than more popular locales such as Canggu.

@mozzarellapapi Would you be a digital nomad? ???? #digitalnomad #balilife #sgtiktok ♬ original sound – Eddie

Eddie shared his insight that for Seminyak or Canggu area, it would cost about $600 a month.

Food-wise, it costs around $200 to $300 a month, said Jane. However, the 30-year-old added that she cooks at home a lot, which also contributes to the low cost.

Another $90 goes towards renting a scooter to take her around the island. Eddie chimed in that one could also take a GoJek ride hire option which would inflate the cost to about $120 a month — still not an exorbitant amount.

And what’s living in Bali without seeing and enjoying all that it has got to offer?

Jane, who is listed in her LinkedIn profile as a senior account manager at a Singapore-based marketing agency, shared that weekend trips including one’s ferry rides, accommodation and meals come up to an average of $200 per person.

That brings the total cost of living to less than $800 per person per month. Not bad at all.

According to Jane’s TikTok videos, she has been based in Bali for the past three months.

Her journey to becoming a digital nomad has been well-documented on her social media platforms as well as in the media where she previously shared about leaving Singapore in 2020 to nurse a broken heart after a failed marriage.

And she hasn’t looked back since.

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Over in the comments section to Eddie’s video, netizens were definitely green-eyed over the low cost of living that one can enjoy in Bali.