Medan vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$187	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$1450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	73
😀 Quality of life	44	87
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.96M

The cost of living in Medan is 60% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 8745th and 4470th ($481 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 39th in Indonesia and Japan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 6633rd and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Sapporo

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	Medan	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088