Baltimore vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baltimore	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5331	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1411	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$2342	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3970	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	97	90
😀 Quality of life	92	94
🏙️ Population	586K	1.51M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 6% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1219th and 920th ($2323 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1063rd 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 1.7 months in Baltimore compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Baltimore ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 128th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baltimore vs Munich

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	Baltimore	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1652	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1117	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2831	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2256	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1977	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$85.2	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.66	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.7	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.71	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.3	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$122	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.4	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1287	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19353	$14492

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Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2450
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2338
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$3069
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2494
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2824
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2940
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2699
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2495
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2563
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2612
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2710
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2522
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3328
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$3054
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2601
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2919
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2255
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2339
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2697
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2355
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2509
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2773
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1949
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2791
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2755
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2288
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2121
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3275
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2050
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2506
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2256
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2693
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$1935
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2066

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