Medan vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Medan	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$453	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1141	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$189	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$310	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$216	$2218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	55	94
😀 Quality of life	47	87
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.86M

The cost of living in Medan is 77% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 8852nd and 2081st ($453 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 44th and 1st in Indonesia and Poland, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Medan ranked 15th best city to live in Indonesia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 6943rd and 335th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Warsaw

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	Medan	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.64	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.06	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$311	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.1	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1152	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$558	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.85	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.7	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.11	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.32	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.36	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.72	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.16	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.9	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.24	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.48	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.2	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$114	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7769	$15882

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$449
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$439
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$555
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$530
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$762
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$720
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$677
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$527
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$743
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$616
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$741
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$545
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$798
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$654
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$610
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$592
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$617
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$488
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$707
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$466
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$759
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1010
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$784
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$836
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$737
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$576
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445