Adelaide vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	50	90
😀 Quality of life	93	94
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.51M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 6% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1210th and 889th ($2338 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th 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 1.8 months in Munich. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 73rd and 38th 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	$15.9	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$16629

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748