Arlington vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	90	90
😀 Quality of life	78	94
🏙️ Population	394K	1.51M

The cost of living in Arlington is 24% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2397th and 889th ($1907 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 1st in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 894th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Munich

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	Arlington	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$16629

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

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