Atlanta vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Atlanta	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2628	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6005	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$1574	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$2484	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$713	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5455	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	95	90
😀 Quality of life	90	94
🏙️ Population	499K	1.51M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 4% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 688th and 863rd ($2628 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 604th 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 2.1 months in Atlanta compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Atlanta ranked 49th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 199th and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Atlanta vs Munich

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	Atlanta	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.3	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$95.8	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.3	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.39	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.96	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1746	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1275	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2981	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2017	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.8	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3778	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2636	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.6	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.37	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.18	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.01	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.3	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.6	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.7	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$160	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.4	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.5	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1605	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22758	$17274

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2410
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2399
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2360
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2387
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2376
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2372
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2406
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2352
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2409
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2416
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2334
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2405
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2243
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2486
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2429
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2458
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$2215
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2651
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$2968
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2289
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2494
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1920
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$2069
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2253
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2472
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2105
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2254
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2240
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2003
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2233
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1922
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1771
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2187
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1993
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1602
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1852
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1967
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1955
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1930
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$2010

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