Brisbane vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	66	90
😀 Quality of life	97	94
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.51M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 8% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1241st and 863rd ($2323 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Germany, respectively. Check Australia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 3rd and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Munich

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	Brisbane	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$17274

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

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