Medan vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$187	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	53	90
😀 Quality of life	44	93
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.51M

The cost of living in Medan is 78% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8745th and 1352nd ($481 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 1st in Indonesia and Germany, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6633rd and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Munich

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	Medan	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560