Medan vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Medan	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$466	$697
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1207	$1685
🏠 One person rent	$186	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$296	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$59.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$223	$1071
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	55	49
😀 Quality of life	62	56
🏙️ Population	2.11M	7.1M

The cost of living in Medan is 33% less expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 8825th and 7113th ($466 vs $697) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th and 51st 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 7th best city to live in Indonesia vs Yantai ranked 57th in China, while ranked 5663rd and 6213th 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	$1.81	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.5	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.14	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$172	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.9	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$156	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$41.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.4	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.2%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$3023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$604	$6096
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.61	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.24	$3.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.66	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$3.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$4.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.81	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$4.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10637	$12503

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$460
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$449
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$552
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$754
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$701
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$657
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$554
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$704
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$592
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$681
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$509
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$584
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$570
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$643
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$519
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$592
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$689
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$771
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1014
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$773
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$854
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$552
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$620
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$592
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$592
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$590
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$485
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$586
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$592
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$573
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$541
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$565
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$549
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$626
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$678
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$520
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$448
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$542
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$576
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$654
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$558
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$741
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$548
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$562
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$614
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$537
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$561
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$563
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$641
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$580
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$565
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$619
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$537
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$616
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$688