Medan vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$187	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	53	96
😀 Quality of life	44	74
🏙️ Population	2.11M	13.1M

The cost of living in Medan is 61% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8745th and 4359th ($481 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6633rd and 1187th 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	$1.97	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$12252

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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

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592