Adelaide vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	50	90
😀 Quality of life	94	94
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.51M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 14% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1686th and 920th ($2117 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia and Germany, respectively. Check Australia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 65th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Munich

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	Adelaide	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$14492

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730