Medan vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Medan	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$453	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1141	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$189	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$310	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$216	$1104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	55	96
😀 Quality of life	47	72
🏙️ Population	2.11M	13.3M

The cost of living in Medan is 73% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8852nd and 3277th ($453 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 44th and 1st in Indonesia and Russia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Medan ranked 15th best city to live in Indonesia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6943rd and 2774th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Moscow

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	Medan	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.64	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.06	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$311	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.1	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1152	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$558	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.85	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.7	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.11	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.32	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.36	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.72	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.16	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.9	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.24	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.48	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.2	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$114	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7769	$20160

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$449
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$439
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$555
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$530
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$762
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$720
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$677
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$527
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$743
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$616
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$741
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$545
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$798
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$654
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$610
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$592
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$617
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$488
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$707
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$466
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$759
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1010
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$784
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$836
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$737
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$576
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749