Medan vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Medan	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1426	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$204	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$428	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.4	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$315	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	52	95
😀 Quality of life	43	87
🏙️ Population	2.11M	4.04M

The cost of living in Medan is 51% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8536th and 5212th ($519 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 2nd in Indonesia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Medan compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6659th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs New Taipei

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	Medan	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.65	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.3	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.08	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$116	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$456	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.7	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.53%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1907	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$661	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.09	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.8	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.18	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.62	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.4	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.4	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.98	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.5	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11482	$13786

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$503
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$490
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
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	$624
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$669
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$671
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$670
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$613
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$729
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$742
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$594
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$687
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$523
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$732
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$892
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$617
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$571
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$563
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$630
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$585
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$561
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$421
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$699
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$799
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$590
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$752
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$985
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$822
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$807
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$750
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$518
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605