Medan vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Medan Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$500
$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1369
$1762
🏠 One person rent
$200
$326
🏘️ Family rent
$417
$708
🍽️ Food expenses
$185
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$39.9
$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$269
$605
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
12 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
52
46
😀 Quality of life
45
60
🏙️ Population
2.11M
1.47M

The cost of living in Medan is 26% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8502nd and 6984th ($500 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 11th in Indonesia and Russia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 6617th and 5379th among best cities to live in the world.

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Medan Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$2.34
$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$11.4
$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$3.03
$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.77
$0.77
☕ Cappuccino
$1.79
$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.44
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$190
$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$115
$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$449
$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$296
$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$41
$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$62.1
$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$28.9
$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
11.04%
13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1660
$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$636
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.32
$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$6.93
$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.93
$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.8
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.38
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.16
$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.91
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.42
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.62
$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.7
$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.78
$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.5
$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.05
$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.5
$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.9
$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.79
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.59
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.3
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.17
$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$17.8
$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.39
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.1
$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.51
$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.86
$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.81
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$25.2
$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.27
$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$14.9
$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.87
$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans
$58.1
$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$120
$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$63.3
$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$11223
$4747

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Distance City Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi Binjai
$483
67 km or 41 mi Tebing Tinggi
$485
90 km or 56 mi Pematangsiantar
$499
119 km or 74 mi Langsa
$472
148 km or 92 mi Tanjungbalai
$515
238 km or 148 mi Lhokseumawe
$443
264 km or 164 mi Teluk Intan
$565
264 km or 164 mi Taiping
$638
264 km or 164 mi Padangsidempuan
$596
268 km or 166 mi George Town
$566
269 km or 167 mi Butterworth
$578
286 km or 178 mi Ipoh
$550
298 km or 185 mi Sungai Petani
$544
307 km or 191 mi Gunungsitoli
$587
317 km or 197 mi Klang
$553
322 km or 200 mi Ko Lipe
$650
324 km or 201 mi Langkawi
$496
325 km or 202 mi Shah Alam
$582
331 km or 206 mi Alor Setar
$453
332 km or 206 mi Subang Jaya
$644
332 km or 206 mi Petaling Jaya
$645
341 km or 212 mi Kuala Lumpur
$743
342 km or 212 mi Cyberjaya
$539
345 km or 215 mi Putrajaya
$480
352 km or 219 mi Kangar
$487
378 km or 235 mi Seremban
$545
381 km or 237 mi Dumai
$554
422 km or 262 mi Hat Yai
$520
426 km or 265 mi Banda Aceh
$403
431 km or 268 mi Malacca
$602
445 km or 277 mi Ko Lanta
$697
466 km or 289 mi Pekanbaru
$558
468 km or 291 mi Muar
$611
470 km or 292 mi Phuket
$870
483 km or 300 mi Kota Bharu
$455
487 km or 303 mi Ao Nang
$653
489 km or 304 mi Krabi
$739
515 km or 320 mi Batu Pahat
$609
518 km or 322 mi Kuantan
$482
529 km or 329 mi Kuala Terengganu
$465

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Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$559
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$556
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$531
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$497
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$467
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$487
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$537
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$636
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$488
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$547
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$437
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$734
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$567
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$427
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$468
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$501
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$516
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$605
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$448
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$494
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$456
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$660
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$646
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$559
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$493
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$545
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$623
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$500
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$493
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$517
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$402
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$526
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$518
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$614
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$814
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$414
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$596
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$632