Dili vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dili	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1231	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$215	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$362	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$214	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$26.7	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$137	$4312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	11	90
😀 Quality of life	34	94
🏙️ Population	222K	1.51M

The cost of living in Dili is 80% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8635th and 863rd ($507 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in East Timor and Germany, respectively. Check East Timor vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Dili compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 8554th and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dili vs Munich

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	Dili	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.42	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.56	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$202	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$370	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.3	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.72%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.65	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.67	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.59	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.1	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.15	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.8	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.83	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.6	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$120	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4131	$17274

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Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$500
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$499
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$501
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$504
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$468
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$475
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$499
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$2065
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$566
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$486
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$470
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$482
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$387
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$421
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$421
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$510
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$496
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$423
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$412
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$780
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$493
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1115
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$556
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$474
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$530
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$511
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$427
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$436
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$450
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$437
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$520
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$358
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$386
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$402
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$439
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$416
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$428
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$419
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$497
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$381

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