Medan vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Medan	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1426	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$204	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$428	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.4	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$315	$222
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	52	50
😀 Quality of life	43	48
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.57M

The cost of living in Medan is 7% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 8536th and 8203rd ($519 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 55th in Indonesia and Iran, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Medan compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 6659th and 6304th 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	$2.65	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.3	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.08	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$116	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$456	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.7	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.53%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1907	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$661	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.09	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.8	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.18	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.62	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.4	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.4	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.98	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.5	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11482	$2159

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$503
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$490
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$461
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$759
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$624
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$669
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$671
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$670
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$613
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$729
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$742
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$594
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$687
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$523
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$732
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$892
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$617
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$571
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$563
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$630
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$585
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$561
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$421
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$699
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$799
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$590
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$752
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$985
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$822
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$807
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$750
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$518
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$546
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$537
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$556
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$489
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$561
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$548
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$507
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$527
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$520
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$577
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$588
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$545
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$490
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$878
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$713
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$557
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$588
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1267
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$989
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1226
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1218
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$870
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$467
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$559
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1719
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$879
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$705