Medan vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Medan	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$466	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1207	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$186	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$296	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$223	$3732
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	55	99
😀 Quality of life	62	97
🏙️ Population	2.11M	2.15M

The cost of living in Medan is 82% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 8825th and 843rd ($466 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th and 1st in Indonesia and France, respectively. Check Indonesia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Medan ranked 7th best city to live in Indonesia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5663rd and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Paris

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	Medan	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.5	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.14	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$172	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.9	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$156	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.4	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.2%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$604	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.61	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.24	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.66	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.81	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10637	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488