Medan vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$187	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	50
😀 Quality of life	44	48
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.57M

The cost of living in Medan is 18% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 8745th and 7787th ($481 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 34th 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 0.3 months in Shiraz. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 6633rd and 6352nd 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	$1.97	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723