Medan vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Medan	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$500	$785
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1369	$1937
🏠 One person rent	$200	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$417	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$185	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.9	$46.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$269	$418
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	52	45
😀 Quality of life	45	55
🏙️ Population	2.11M	2.86M

The cost of living in Medan is 36% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 8502nd and 6424th ($500 vs $785) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 1st in Indonesia and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 0.5 months in Tashkent. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 6617th and 5942nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Tashkent

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	Medan	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.34	$6.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.4	$27.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.03	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.79	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$1086
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$687
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$27.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.9	$13.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.04%	21.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1660	$1380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$636	$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.93	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.93	$3.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.42	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$6.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.78	$8.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$5.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.1	$3.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.51	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.27	$4.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$53.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.3	$258
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11223	$8199

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$416
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$682
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$692
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$682
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$680
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$674
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$473
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$558
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$479
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$582
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$647
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$479
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$564
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$434
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$562
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$532
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$638
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$475
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$529
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$416
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$399
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$653
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$560
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$398
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$504
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$446
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$671
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$658
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$935