El Paso vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	El Paso	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4149	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$1739	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$595	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	34	90
😀 Quality of life	85	94
🏙️ Population	679K	1.51M

The cost of living in El Paso is 27% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2753rd and 889th ($1828 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1911th 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 1.8 months in Munich. El Paso ranked 154th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 472nd and 38th 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	$22	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.6	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$817	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1466	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.5	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1787	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.49	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.9	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.18	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.3	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6914	$16629

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1876
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1928
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1924
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1008
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2026
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1055
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2231
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$953
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2045
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1930
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2110
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1724
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$776
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2089
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2190
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2220
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1934
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2140
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2444
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2023
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2418
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2381
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2396
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748