Frankfurt vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Frankfurt	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2182	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5115	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1245	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$2194	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4614	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	87	90
😀 Quality of life	95	94
🏙️ Population	776K	1.51M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 11% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1510th and 920th ($2182 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Ranked 5th vs 8th best cities to live in Germany, and 38th vs 61st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Munich

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	Frankfurt	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.3	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1285	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1844	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.91%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8398	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5144	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.41	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.6	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.63	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.57	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.4	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16203	$14492

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1730
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1841
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1826
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1884
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1806
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1724
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1718
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1861
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1725
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1849
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1774
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1854
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1796
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1791
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1843
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1812
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1844
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1836
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1832
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1640
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1741
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1757
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1693
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1815
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1763
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1713
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1813
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1755
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1801
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1776
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1793
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1810
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1756
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1922
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1810
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1736
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1756
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1775
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1763
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1769

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730