El Paso vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$980	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$3560
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	35	90
😀 Quality of life	79	93
🏙️ Population	679K	1.51M

The cost of living in El Paso is 18% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2363rd and 1352nd ($1813 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st 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 El Paso compared to 1.6 months in Munich. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 633rd and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Munich

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	El Paso	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$14702

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

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