Hamburg City vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$262
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	84	53
😀 Quality of life	94	44
🏙️ Population	1.91M	2.11M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 317% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 1818th and 8745th ($2007 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 47th in Germany and Indonesia, respectively. Check Germany vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 40th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Medan

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	Hamburg City	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$10763

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

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