Medan vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Medan	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1430	$5659
🏠 One person rent	$204	$1379
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$2584
🍽️ Food expenses	$192	$570
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$314	$3692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	52	91
😀 Quality of life	43	93
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.51M

The cost of living in Medan is 78% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8535th and 1051st ($519 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 1st in Indonesia and Germany, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 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 6661st and 56th 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	$2.68	$17.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.3	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.05	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$5.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$4.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$3.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$188	$1435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$1103
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$2771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$304	$2161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$166
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.7	$257
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.6	$43.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.49%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1898	$12637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$9191
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$4.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.05	$56.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.22	$26.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$2.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.8	$7.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$9.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.17	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.63	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.38	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$77.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.5	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11523	$19650

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$502
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$517
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$490
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$536
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$461
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$759
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$623
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$671
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$672
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$670
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$636
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$613
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$731
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$740
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$595
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$686
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$523
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$732
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$889
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$616
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$568
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$629
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$588
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$561
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$418
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$700
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$800
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$591
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$747
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$988
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$516
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$820
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$805
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$752
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$517
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1874
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1840
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1860
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1852
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1824
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1811
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1786
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1691
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1772
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1653
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1872
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1660
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1649
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1222
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1722
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1701
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1655
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1658
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1616
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1646
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1541
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1616
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1588
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1744
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1600
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2022
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1634
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1621
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1778
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1653
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1614
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1660
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1604
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1603
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1662
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1777
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1666