Medan vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$187	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	44	86
🏙️ Population	2.11M	4.04M

The cost of living in Medan is 55% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8745th and 5000th ($481 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 2nd in Indonesia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6633rd and 302nd 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	$1.97	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581