Medan vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Medan	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$500	$1697
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1369	$4149
🏠 One person rent	$200	$891
🏘️ Family rent	$417	$1673
🍽️ Food expenses	$185	$485
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.9	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$269	$1795
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	52	92
😀 Quality of life	45	87
🏙️ Population	2.11M	2.87M

The cost of living in Medan is 71% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 8502nd and 2685th ($500 vs $1697) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 4th in Indonesia and Italy, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 6617th and 230th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Rome

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	Medan	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.34	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.4	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.03	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.79	$1.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$1043
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$645
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$2193
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$1248
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.9	$30.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.04%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1660	$7657
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$636	$3688
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.93	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.93	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.42	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.78	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$4.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.1	$9.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.51	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$2.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$59.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.27	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$105
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$20.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$69.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$80.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.3	$509
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11223	$9800

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$483
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$472
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$443
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$638
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$596
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$566
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$578
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$550
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$544
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$587
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$553
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$650
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$496
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$582
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$453
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$644
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$539
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$480
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$487
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$545
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$554
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$520
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$403
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$602
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$697
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$558
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$611
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$870
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$653
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$739
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$609
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$482
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$916
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1604
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1351
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1425
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1363
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1049
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1698
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1261
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1332
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1024
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1011
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1104
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$964
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1339
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1092
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1067
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1056
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1166
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1324
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1066
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1294
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1298
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1231
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1173
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1285
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1321
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1328
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1280
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1516
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1151
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1231
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1337
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1293
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1230
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1347
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1065
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1090
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1527
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1229