Medan vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Medan	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$785
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1426	$1240
🏠 One person rent	$204	$533
🏘️ Family rent	$428	$534
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.4	$46.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$315	$456
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	52	40
😀 Quality of life	43	48
🏙️ Population	2.11M	5.94M

The cost of living in Medan is 34% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 8536th and 6501st ($519 vs $785) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 1st in Indonesia and India, respectively. Check Indonesia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Medan compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Surat ranked 41st in India, while ranked 6659th and 6339th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Medan vs Surat

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

	Medan	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.65	$3.26
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.3	$9.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.08	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$1.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$116	$509
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$456	$1088
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65	$37.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.7	$6.53
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.53%	8.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1907	$881
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$661	$664
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.09	$5.92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$2.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$4.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$8.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.8	$8.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$3.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$4.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.18	$2.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.62	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$0.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.4	$14.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.4	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$14.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.98	$2.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.5	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$42.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$55.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11482	$1527

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$284
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$406
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$399
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$288
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$394
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$391
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$396
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$484
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$326
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$402
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$357
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$406
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$519
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$327
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$344
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$379
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$285
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$347
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$295
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$312
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$304
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$409
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$360
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$294
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$283
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$310
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$338
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$332
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$335
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$367
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$321
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$368
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$348