Copenhagen vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$466
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$1207
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$186
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$296
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$35.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$223
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	55
😀 Quality of life	98	62
🏙️ Population	667K	2.11M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 459% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 713th and 8825th ($2601 vs $466) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 48th 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 7th in Indonesia, while ranked 10th and 5663rd 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	$23.6	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$10.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$3.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$86.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$156
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$48.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$75.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	9.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$1333
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$604
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$9.61
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$6.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$1.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$22.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$3.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$10637

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678

Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$460
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$449
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$552
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$754
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$701
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$657
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$554
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$704
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$592
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$681
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$509
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$584
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$570
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$643
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$519
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$592
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$689
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$771
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1014
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$773
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$854
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$552
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534