Ankara vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ankara	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1118	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$570	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.8	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$806	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	90
😀 Quality of life	75	94
🏙️ Population	5.8M	1.51M

The cost of living in Ankara is 55% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4905th and 920th ($1118 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Turkey and Germany, respectively. Check Turkey vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ankara compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Ankara ranked 2nd best city to live in Turkey vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 2097th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ankara vs Munich

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	Ankara	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.47	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.6	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.33	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.61	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$645	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1084	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$726	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.2	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.8	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	49.17%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1769	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1186	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.01	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.85	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.7	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.29	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.88	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.14	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.85	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.9	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.62	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$155	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$595	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13974	$14492

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Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$700
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$780
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$759
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$655
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$750
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$578
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$786
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$695
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$800
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$713
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$697
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$745
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$777
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$838
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$820
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$686
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$547
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$670
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$837
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$612
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$852
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$725
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$985
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$779
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$838
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$781
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$696
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$754
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$835
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$819
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$787
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$690
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$1059
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$420
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$679
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$546
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$720
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$915

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