Medan vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Medan	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$461	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1179	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$185	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$299	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$174	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$230	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	55	8
😀 Quality of life	48	48
🏙️ Population	2.11M	24.7K

The cost of living in Medan is 72% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8850th and 3471st ($461 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th 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 0.6 months in Victoria. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6907th and 6854th 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	$1.73	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.3	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.13	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$308	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$179	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.3	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1205	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$591	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.11	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.58	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.42	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.63	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.62	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.34	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.75	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.7	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.37	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.66	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$122	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9091	$8971

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$458
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$470
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$451
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$485
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$438
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$701
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$572
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$558
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$792
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$740
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$696
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$663
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$551
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$762
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$790
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$634
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$750
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$564
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$831
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$813
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$981
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$664
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$627
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$628
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$678
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$513
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$622
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$736
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$846
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$495
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$788
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1059
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$551
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$808
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$891
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$780
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$588
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$572

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419