Adelaide vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	50	90
😀 Quality of life	92	94
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.51M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 7% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1178th and 863rd ($2355 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Australia and Germany, respectively. Check Australia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 75th and 44th 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	$15.8	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$17274

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714