Medan vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$187	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$1050
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	53	93
😀 Quality of life	44	83
🏙️ Population	2.11M	2.33M

The cost of living in Medan is 45% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 8745th and 6171st ($481 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 6633rd and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Taoyuan

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	Medan	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443