Luanda vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luanda	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$496	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.7	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1511	$262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	19	53
😀 Quality of life	53	44
🏙️ Population	2.49M	2.11M

The cost of living in Luanda is 110% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 5424th and 8745th ($1012 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th in Angola and Indonesia, respectively. Check Angola vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Luanda compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Luanda ranked 1st best city to live in Angola vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 6024th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luanda vs Medan

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	Luanda	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.84	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.9	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.9	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2330	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1341	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.3	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.5	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$133	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.82%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10449	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.2	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.88	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.79	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.58	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.98	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.5	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.5	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.51	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.8	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$700	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15041	$10763

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Cities near Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$863
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$788
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$821
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$844
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$676
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$645
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$671
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$577
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$523
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$519
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$520
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$580
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$876
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$522
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$634
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$934
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$731
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$976
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$668
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$850
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$828
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$900
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1121
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$900
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$742
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$975
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$747
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$811
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$482
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$741
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1265
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$655
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$961

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