Medan vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Medan	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$466	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1207	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$186	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$296	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$223	$235
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	55	49
😀 Quality of life	62	56
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.57M

The cost of living in Medan is 16% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 8825th and 8247th ($466 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th and 41st in Indonesia and Iran, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Medan ranked 7th best city to live in Indonesia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 5663rd and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Shiraz

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	Medan	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.5	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.14	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$172	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.9	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$156	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.4	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.2%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$604	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.61	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.24	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.66	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.81	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10637	$2133

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719