Medan vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Medan	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$500	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1369	$2103
🏠 One person rent	$200	$389
🏘️ Family rent	$417	$788
🍽️ Food expenses	$185	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.9	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$269	$733
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	52	82
😀 Quality of life	45	66
🏙️ Population	2.11M	5.38M

The cost of living in Medan is 38% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 8502nd and 6353rd ($500 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 3rd in Indonesia and Russia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 0.9 months in Saint Petersburg. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6617th and 4239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Saint Petersburg

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	Medan	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.34	$6.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.4	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.03	$4.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.79	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$1068
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$89.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.9	$5.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.04%	11.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1660	$3262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$636	$1917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.93	$36.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.93	$6.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.42	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.78	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.1	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.51	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$32.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.27	$4.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$21.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$8.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.3	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11223	$6504

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$814
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$906
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1121
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1358
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$933
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1366
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1349
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1376
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1218
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$920
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1330
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1277
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$461
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1163
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1396
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1491
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1089
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1632
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1736
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1403
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1498
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$532
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1825
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1194
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1499
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1291
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1907
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1464
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1335
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$909
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1519
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1317
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1257
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1414
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1475
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1363
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$982
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1438