Fresno vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Fresno	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2566	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5572	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1667	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$2747	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3632	$3954
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	42	90
😀 Quality of life	81	94
🏙️ Population	542K	1.51M

The cost of living in Fresno is 4% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 775th and 920th ($2566 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 687th 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 1.4 months in Fresno compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Fresno ranked 214th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 701st and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fresno vs Munich

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	Fresno	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.98	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.79	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1381	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1361	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2356	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2328	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$330	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$83.7	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.38%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2769	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2790	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.2	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.28	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.22	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.62	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$977	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13048	$14492

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Cities near Fresno

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Clovis	$2503
23 km or 14 mi	Sanger	$2551
28 km or 18 mi	Selma	$2554
31 km or 19 mi	Madera	$2599
37 km or 23 mi	Reedley	$2531
44 km or 28 mi	Dinuba	$2479
52 km or 32 mi	Hanford	$2496
53 km or 33 mi	Lemoore	$2586
66 km or 41 mi	Visalia	$2120
76 km or 47 mi	Tulare	$2295
79 km or 49 mi	Corcoran	$2526
84 km or 52 mi	Merced	$2161
96 km or 60 mi	Atwater	$2383
99 km or 61 mi	Los Banos	$2794
105 km or 65 mi	Porterville	$2577
123 km or 76 mi	Delano	$2653
124 km or 77 mi	Turlock	$2426
138 km or 86 mi	Ceres	$2407
138 km or 86 mi	Wasco	$2650
142 km or 88 mi	Patterson	$2841
143 km or 89 mi	Soledad	$2839
143 km or 89 mi	Hollister	$2942
144 km or 89 mi	Sonora	$2763
145 km or 90 mi	Modesto	$2313
145 km or 90 mi	Oakdale	$2576
147 km or 91 mi	Riverbank	$2452
150 km or 93 mi	Paso Robles	$2248
161 km or 100 mi	Gilroy	$2955
165 km or 102 mi	Atascadero	$1969
166 km or 103 mi	Salinas	$3082
168 km or 104 mi	Bakersfield	$2501
170 km or 106 mi	Manteca	$2679
170 km or 106 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
175 km or 109 mi	Lathrop	$2721
176 km or 109 mi	Watsonville	$3748
179 km or 112 mi	Marina	$2446
180 km or 112 mi	Tracy	$2114
184 km or 114 mi	Seaside	$1905
185 km or 115 mi	San Luis Obispo	$2840
188 km or 117 mi	Stockton	$2270

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