Brisbane vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	66	90
😀 Quality of life	98	94
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.51M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 9% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1349th and 889th ($2269 vs $2499) 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 1.8 months in Munich. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 3rd and 38th 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	$15.5	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$16629

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748