Addis Ababa vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Addis Ababa	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1180	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2653	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$710	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1338	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$207	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	32	90
😀 Quality of life	39	93
🏙️ Population	5.7M	1.51M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 46% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4540th and 1352nd ($1180 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ethiopia and Germany, respectively. Check Ethiopia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Addis Ababa compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 7025th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Addis Ababa vs Munich

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	Addis Ababa	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.24	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.7	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.27	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.18	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.4	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$130	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.49%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2510	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1875	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.91	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.57	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.46	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.94	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.22	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.49	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.72	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.13	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.3	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3446	$14702

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Cities near Addis Ababa

Distance	City	Cost of living
222 km or 138 mi	Awasa	$886
254 km or 158 mi	Dessie	$838
258 km or 161 mi	Jimma	$654
320 km or 199 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
349 km or 217 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
374 km or 232 mi	Harar	$718
421 km or 261 mi	Gondar	$897
447 km or 278 mi	Jijiga	$764
460 km or 286 mi	Dikhil	$542
495 km or 308 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
498 km or 309 mi	Borama	$518
502 km or 312 mi	Mekelle	$662
561 km or 348 mi	Djibouti City	$571
568 km or 353 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
587 km or 365 mi	Hargeisa	$660
595 km or 370 mi	Obock	$540
651 km or 405 mi	Mendefera	$487
666 km or 414 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
701 km or 436 mi	Asmara	$520
735 km or 457 mi	Massawa	$486
752 km or 467 mi	Keren	$488
758 km or 471 mi	Kassala	$1006
761 km or 473 mi	Zabid	$482
767 km or 476 mi	Taiz	$507
780 km or 485 mi	Malakal	$496
789 km or 490 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
805 km or 500 mi	Aden	$503
806 km or 501 mi	Kosti	$860
807 km or 502 mi	Ibb	$496
851 km or 529 mi	Bor	$506
853 km or 530 mi	Baidoa	$706
870 km or 541 mi	Dhamar	$486
914 km or 568 mi	Sayyan	$481
914 km or 568 mi	Juba	$513
920 km or 572 mi	Sanaa	$546
989 km or 615 mi	Khartoum North	$877
995 km or 618 mi	Khartoum	$888
995 km or 618 mi	Gulu	$594
1005 km or 625 mi	Meru	$541
1006 km or 625 mi	Omdurman	$908

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560