Hefei vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hefei	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$519
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1858	$1426
🏠 One person rent	$277	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$494	$428
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$44.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$952	$315
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	93	52
😀 Quality of life	65	43
🏙️ Population	9.37M	2.11M

The cost of living in Hefei is 40% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 6780th and 8536th ($727 vs $519) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 68th and 38th in China and Indonesia, respectively. Check China vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Hefei compared to 0.6 months in Medan. Hefei ranked 32nd best city to live in China vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 4171st and 6659th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Hefei vs Medan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/hefei/medan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Hefei vs Medan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/hefei/medan" target="_blank">Hefei vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Hefei vs Medan

Prices for goods and services in Hefei and Medan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Hefei	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.86	$2.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.6	$11.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.29	$3.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.45	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$190
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$116
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$456
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.6	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.1	$65
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.3	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.81%	10.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3971	$1907
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2140	$661
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43	$9.09
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.68	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.79	$4.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$19.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.62	$2.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$2.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.94	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$109	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.67	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.57	$2.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.6	$60.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$244	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$11482

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$694
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$649
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$706
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$658
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$705
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$903
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$524
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$672
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$774
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$636
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$642
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$771
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$651
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$673
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$639
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$650
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$703
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$690
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$630
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$659
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$648
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$698
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$613
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$619
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$629
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$633
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$702
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$656
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$705
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$729
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$673
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$694
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$528
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$699

Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$503
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$490
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$461
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$759
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$624
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$669
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$671
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$670
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$613
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$729
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$742
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$594
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$687
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$523
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$732
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$892
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$617
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$571
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$563
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$630
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$585
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$561
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$421
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$699
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$799
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$590
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$752
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$985
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$822
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$807
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$750
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$518
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544