Boston vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Boston	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3547	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7979	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$2453	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$4007	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5732	$3560
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	100	90
😀 Quality of life	91	93
🏙️ Population	676K	1.51M

The cost of living in Boston is 61% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 24th and 1352nd ($3547 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st 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 1.6 months in Boston compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Boston ranked 17th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 103rd and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Boston vs Munich

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	Boston	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.6	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.36	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.8	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2794	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2107	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5075	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3386	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$215	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10352	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5877	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.1	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.95	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.67	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.78	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.78	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.02	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.05	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.2	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.2	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$195	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.8	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2725	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31112	$14702

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Cities near Boston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Cambridge	$3805
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Chelsea	$3101
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Somerville	$3627
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Everett	$2936
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Brookline	$3088
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Revere	$2948
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Malden	$2922
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Medford	$2320
10 km or 6.2 mi	Belmont	$2943
10 km or 6.2 mi	Arlington	$2834
10 km or 6.2 mi	Watertown	$2906
11 km or 6.9 mi	Melrose	$2803
12 km or 7.5 mi	Milton	$2939
12 km or 7.5 mi	Winchester	$2710
12 km or 7.7 mi	Newton	$2784
13 km or 7.8 mi	Saugus	$2883
13 km or 8.1 mi	Quincy	$3131
14 km or 8.6 mi	Stoneham	$2740
14 km or 8.9 mi	Waltham	$2813
15 km or 9.4 mi	Lynn	$3088
15 km or 9.5 mi	Woburn	$2601
16 km or 9.6 mi	Dedham	$2873
16 km or 10 mi	Needham	$2824
16 km or 10 mi	Lexington	$2774
16 km or 10 mi	Wakefield	$2783
18 km or 11 mi	Braintree	$2934
18 km or 11 mi	Weymouth	$2922
19 km or 12 mi	Reading	$2732
19 km or 12 mi	Hingham	$2882
20 km or 12 mi	Burlington	$2403
20 km or 13 mi	Wellesley	$2805
21 km or 13 mi	Norwood	$2844
22 km or 14 mi	Peabody	$2851
22 km or 14 mi	Randolph	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Salem	$3022
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmington	$2592
23 km or 14 mi	Marblehead	$2848
23 km or 14 mi	Canton	$2833
25 km or 16 mi	Natick	$2861
26 km or 16 mi	Stoughton	$2825

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