Medan vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Medan	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$466	$1207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1207	$2774
🏠 One person rent	$186	$734
🏘️ Family rent	$296	$1254
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$356
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$31.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$223	$159
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	55	1
😀 Quality of life	62	14
🏙️ Population	2.11M	74.7K

The cost of living in Medan is 61% less expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 8825th and 4688th ($466 vs $1207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th and 1st in Indonesia and Comoros, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 0.1 months in Moroni. Medan ranked 7th best city to live in Indonesia vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 5663rd and 9206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Moroni

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	Medan	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.5	$19.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.14	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$172	$673
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.9	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$156	$1027
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$71.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.4	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.2%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$1624
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$604	$1381
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.61	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.24	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$4.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$8.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$4.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$5.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$4.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$4.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.66	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.81	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$6.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$3.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$62.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10637	$14597

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$460
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$449
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$552
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$754
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$701
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$657
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$554
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$704
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$592
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$681
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$509
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$584
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$570
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$643
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$519
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$592
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$689
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$771
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1014
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$773
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$854
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$552
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534

Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1207
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1511
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1168
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$935
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$609
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$567
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$421
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$552
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$496
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$564
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$596
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$458
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$692
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$476
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$493
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$506
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$548
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$527
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$526
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$565
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$495
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$533
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$820
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$612
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$996
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$453
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$420
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$888
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$916
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$811
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$460
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$755
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$549
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$779