Kyiv vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$445	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	53
😀 Quality of life	64	44
🏙️ Population	2.95M	2.11M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 76% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 6262nd and 8745th ($850 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th in Ukraine and Indonesia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 4484th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Medan

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	Kyiv	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$10763

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570

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