Kazan vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$375	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	54	53
😀 Quality of life	60	44
🏙️ Population	1.26M	2.11M

The cost of living in Kazan is 53% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 6742nd and 8745th ($734 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 47th in Russia and Indonesia, respectively. Check Russia vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 5162nd and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Medan

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	Kazan	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$10763

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867

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