Medan vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$187	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	53	98
😀 Quality of life	44	93
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.97M

The cost of living in Medan is 74% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 8745th and 2270th ($481 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 1st in Indonesia and Austria, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 6633rd and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Vienna

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	Medan	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987