Buenos Aires vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$365	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$3867
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	79	91
😀 Quality of life	71	94
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.49M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 64% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6407th and 1315th ($791 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Argentina and Germany, respectively. Check Argentina vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 2311th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Munich

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	Buenos Aires	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.12	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$18334

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$645
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$657
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$650
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$608
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$658
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$658
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$643
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$661
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$589
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$648
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$639
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$705
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$650
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$642
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$654
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$536
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$547
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$683
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$624
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$598
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$644
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$540
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$639
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$678
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$665
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$666
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$559
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$558
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$679
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$626
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$629
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$579
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$597
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$577
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$626
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$623
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$581
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$623
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$581
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$605

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599