Adelaide vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$500
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$1369
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$39.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$269
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	52
😀 Quality of life	92	45
🏙️ Population	1.3M	2.11M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 336% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 1333rd and 8502nd ($2180 vs $500) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 35th in Australia and Indonesia, respectively. Check Australia vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Adelaide compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 75th and 6617th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Medan

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	Adelaide	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.5	$2.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$11.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$3.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$1.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$190
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$115
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$296
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$62.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$28.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	11.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$1660
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$636
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$6.93
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$5.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$2.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$8.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$2.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$0.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$3.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$14.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$2.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$58.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$63.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$11223

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1888
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1462
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1317
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1327
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1708
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1746
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1688
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1658
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1672
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2356
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1702
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1693
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1669
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1707
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1716
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1719
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1707
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2604
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1819
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1404
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1463
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1723
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1610
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1723
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1430
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1691
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1903
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2348
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2203
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2741
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$1998
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1461
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1354
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$483
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$472
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$443
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$638
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$596
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$566
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$578
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$550
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$544
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$587
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$553
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$650
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$496
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$582
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$453
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$644
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$539
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$480
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$487
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$545
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$554
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$520
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$403
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$602
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$697
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$558
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$611
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$870
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$653
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$739
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$609
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$482
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465