Ankara vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ankara	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$959	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2366	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$487	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.7	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$719	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	90
😀 Quality of life	72	93
🏙️ Population	5.8M	1.51M

The cost of living in Ankara is 56% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5741st and 1352nd ($959 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th 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 1858th and 54th 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	$9.62	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$588	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1022	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$690	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	45.39%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1577	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.16	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.87	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.28	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.98	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11471	$14702

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Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$691
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$650
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$616
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$663
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$627
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$723
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$535
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$492
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$593
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$710
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$691
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$406
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$698
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$547
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$455
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$697
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$755
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$568
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$872
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$672
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$1113
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$578
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$835
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$699
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$645
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$664
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$718
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$782
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$708
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$618
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$653
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$573
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$490
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$599
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$474
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$587
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$743

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