Medan vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$187	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$1049
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	53	49
😀 Quality of life	44	51
🏙️ Population	2.11M	7.1M

The cost of living in Medan is 29% less expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 8745th and 6983rd ($481 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 66th in Indonesia and China, respectively. Check Indonesia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 6633rd and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Yantai

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	Medan	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702