Copenhagen vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	93	53
😀 Quality of life	97	44
🏙️ Population	644K	2.11M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 385% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 1085th and 8745th ($2333 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 47th in Denmark and Indonesia, respectively. Check Denmark vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 10th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Medan

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	Copenhagen	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$10763

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452

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