Medan vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$187	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$3141
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	53	86
😀 Quality of life	44	93
🏙️ Population	2.11M	2.79M

The cost of living in Medan is 80% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 8745th and 861st ($481 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 4th in Indonesia and Canada, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 6633rd and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Toronto

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	Medan	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095