Madrid vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Madrid	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1781	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4027	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$1048	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1736	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2294	$262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	98	53
😀 Quality of life	90	44
🏙️ Population	3.42M	2.11M

The cost of living in Madrid is 270% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 2443rd and 8745th ($1781 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 47th in Spain and Indonesia, respectively. Check Spain vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Madrid compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Madrid ranked 1st best city to live in Spain vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 151st and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Madrid vs Medan

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	Madrid	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.36	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1203	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2092	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1428	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.6	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.59%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6884	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3988	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.4	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.8	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.89	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.62	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.3	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.7	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$576	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10042	$10763

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Cities near Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1565
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1530
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1433
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1573
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1389
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1309
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1204
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1285
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1084
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1201
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1235
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1212
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1086
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$812
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1098
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1286
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1107
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1209
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1157
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1261
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$983
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$947
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1241
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1220
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1316
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1126
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1241
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$930
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1241
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1100
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1324
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1204
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1221
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1522

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