Gold Coast vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	49	53
😀 Quality of life	88	44
🏙️ Population	608K	2.11M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 365% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 1278th and 8745th ($2239 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 47th 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 Gold Coast compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 223rd and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Medan

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	Gold Coast	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$10763

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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