Medan vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Medan	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$466	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1207	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$186	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$296	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$223	$3954
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	55	90
😀 Quality of life	62	94
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.51M

The cost of living in Medan is 81% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8825th and 920th ($466 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th 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 7th best city to live in Indonesia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5663rd and 61st 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	$1.81	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.5	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.14	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$172	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.9	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$156	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.4	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.2%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$604	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.61	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.24	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.66	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.81	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10637	$14492

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$460
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$449
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$552
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$754
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$701
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$657
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$554
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$704
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$592
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$681
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$509
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$584
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$570
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$643
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$519
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$592
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$689
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$771
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1014
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$773
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$854
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$552
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730