Medellin vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$408	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$886
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	66	98
😀 Quality of life	53	70
🏙️ Population	2.53M	12.3M

The cost of living in Medellin is 38% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 6005th and 7163rd ($906 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 95th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 1.4 months in Wuhan. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 6049th and 2475th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Wuhan

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	Medellin	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$63.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$3716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$2008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$71.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$8658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618

Cities near Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586