Dhaka vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dhaka	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1093	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$118	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$238	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.1	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$3560
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	72	90
😀 Quality of life	54	93
🏙️ Population	16.8M	1.51M

The cost of living in Dhaka is 80% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8899th and 1352nd ($430 vs $2201) 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 0.6 months in Dhaka compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5971st and 54th 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	$1.89	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.23	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$73.8	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.3	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.62%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$963	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$528	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.5	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.43	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.55	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.37	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.3	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47.4	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1681	$14702

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Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$309
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$295
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$367
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$287
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$264
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$303
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$289
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$280
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$294
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$351
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$328
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$304
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$337
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$327
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$347
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$329
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$337
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$307
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$330
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$478
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$338
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$336
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$345
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$333
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$327
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$331
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$332
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$404
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$296
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$408
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$350
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$314

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