Medan vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Medan	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$500	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1369	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$200	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$417	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$185	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.9	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$269	$1657
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	52	95
😀 Quality of life	45	87
🏙️ Population	2.11M	2.6M

The cost of living in Medan is 57% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 8502nd and 4516th ($500 vs $1169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 1st in Indonesia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6617th and 209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Taipei

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	Medan	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.34	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.4	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.03	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.79	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.9	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.04%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1660	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$636	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.93	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.93	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.42	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.78	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.1	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.51	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.27	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.3	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11223	$19102

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589