Medan vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Medan	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$500	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1369	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$200	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$417	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$185	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.9	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$269	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	52	96
😀 Quality of life	45	73
🏙️ Population	2.11M	12.5M

The cost of living in Medan is 51% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8502nd and 5167th ($500 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th 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 6617th and 1608th 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	$2.34	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.03	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.79	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.9	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.04%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1660	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$636	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.93	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.93	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.42	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.78	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.1	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.51	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.27	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.3	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11223	$10868

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$483
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$472
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$443
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$638
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$596
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$566
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$578
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$550
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$544
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$587
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$553
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$650
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$496
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$582
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$453
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$644
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$539
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$480
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$487
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$545
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$554
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$520
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$403
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$602
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$697
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$558
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$611
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$870
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$653
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$739
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$609
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$482
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517