Boston vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Boston	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3652	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8068	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$2548	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$4099	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$735	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6190	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	100	90
😀 Quality of life	94	94
🏙️ Population	676K	1.51M

The cost of living in Boston is 48% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 27th and 920th ($3652 vs $2463) 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 1.7 months in Boston compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Boston ranked 12th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 71st and 61st 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	$22	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.06	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2890	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2183	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5272	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3425	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.5	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9693	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6005	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$89.8	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.68	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.82	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.29	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.56	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.02	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$93.3	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$189	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.9	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.5	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2782	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27427	$14492

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Cities near Boston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Cambridge	$3768
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Chelsea	$3107
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Somerville	$3647
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Everett	$2977
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Brookline	$3134
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Revere	$2960
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Malden	$3002
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Medford	$2701
10 km or 6.2 mi	Belmont	$2997
10 km or 6.2 mi	Arlington	$2937
10 km or 6.2 mi	Watertown	$2952
11 km or 6.9 mi	Melrose	$2865
12 km or 7.5 mi	Milton	$2981
12 km or 7.5 mi	Winchester	$2821
12 km or 7.7 mi	Newton	$2811
13 km or 7.8 mi	Saugus	$2815
13 km or 8.1 mi	Quincy	$3159
14 km or 8.6 mi	Stoneham	$2785
14 km or 8.9 mi	Waltham	$2866
15 km or 9.4 mi	Lynn	$2732
15 km or 9.5 mi	Woburn	$2646
16 km or 9.6 mi	Dedham	$2915
16 km or 10 mi	Needham	$2854
16 km or 10 mi	Lexington	$2769
16 km or 10 mi	Wakefield	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Braintree	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	Weymouth	$2929
19 km or 12 mi	Reading	$2728
19 km or 12 mi	Hingham	$2913
20 km or 12 mi	Burlington	$2414
20 km or 13 mi	Wellesley	$2838
21 km or 13 mi	Norwood	$2862
22 km or 14 mi	Peabody	$2837
22 km or 14 mi	Randolph	$2869
22 km or 14 mi	Salem	$3016
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmington	$2582
23 km or 14 mi	Marblehead	$2817
23 km or 14 mi	Canton	$2855
25 km or 16 mi	Natick	$2920
26 km or 16 mi	Stoughton	$2833

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