Dhaka vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dhaka	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$478	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1155	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$150	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$256	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.9	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$4312
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	76	90
😀 Quality of life	58	94
🏙️ Population	16.8M	1.51M

The cost of living in Dhaka is 81% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8770th and 863rd ($478 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bangladesh and Germany, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dhaka compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6105th and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dhaka vs Munich

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	Dhaka	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.19	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.2	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$166	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$181	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.8	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.58%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1249	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$700	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.35	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.47	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.88	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.12	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$17	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.5	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2391	$17274

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Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$357
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$329
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$342
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$321
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$278
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$287
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$326
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$297
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$289
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$327
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$285
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$288
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$319
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$311
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$311
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$327
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$318
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$314
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$288
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$435
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$321
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$326
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$333
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$313
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$319
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$321
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$362
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$331
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$307
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$336
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$328
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$296

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