Barcelona vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$262
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	98	53
😀 Quality of life	87	44
🏙️ Population	1.7M	2.11M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 282% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 2276th and 8745th ($1841 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 47th in Spain and Indonesia, respectively. Check Spain vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 270th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Barcelona vs Medan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/barcelona/medan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Barcelona vs Medan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/barcelona/medan" target="_blank">Barcelona vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Barcelona vs Medan

Prices for goods and services in Barcelona and Medan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Barcelona	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$10763

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501