Medan vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Medan	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$500	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1369	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$200	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$417	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$185	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.9	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$269	$818
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	52	8
😀 Quality of life	45	59
🏙️ Population	2.11M	24.7K

The cost of living in Medan is 69% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8502nd and 3034th ($500 vs $1608) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 1st in Indonesia and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Indonesia vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6617th and 5511th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Victoria

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	Medan	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.34	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.4	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.03	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.79	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.9	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.04%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1660	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$636	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.93	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.93	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.42	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.78	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.1	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.51	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.27	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.3	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11223	$8062

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524