Medan vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$187	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$903
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	53	82
😀 Quality of life	44	69
🏙️ Population	2.11M	15.4M

The cost of living in Medan is 33% less expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 8745th and 6818th ($481 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 2nd in Indonesia and India, respectively. Check Indonesia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 6633rd and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Mumbai

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	Medan	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$3007

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296