Charlotte vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	68	90
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	875K	1.51M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 15% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 761st and 1352nd ($2528 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th 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 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 252nd and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Munich

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	Charlotte	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$14702

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888

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