Medan vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$187	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	44	83
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.86M

The cost of living in Medan is 70% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 8745th and 3022nd ($481 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 2nd 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 1.2 months in Warsaw. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 6633rd and 410th 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	$1.97	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385