Fresno vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Fresno	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2494	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5541	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$1595	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$2667	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$633	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3725	$4312
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	42	90
😀 Quality of life	83	94
🏙️ Population	542K	1.51M

The cost of living in Fresno is 1% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 898th and 863rd ($2494 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 780th 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 1.5 months in Fresno compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Fresno ranked 170th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 521st and 44th 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	$19.9	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.8	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.7	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.94	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.02	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1552	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2419	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2328	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$245	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.9	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.98%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2653	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3089	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.39	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.3	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.73	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.53	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.63	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.64	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.63	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.5	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.5	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1186	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12948	$17274

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Cities near Fresno

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Clovis	$2451
23 km or 14 mi	Sanger	$2526
28 km or 18 mi	Selma	$2532
31 km or 19 mi	Madera	$2576
37 km or 23 mi	Reedley	$2511
44 km or 28 mi	Dinuba	$2449
52 km or 32 mi	Hanford	$2473
53 km or 33 mi	Lemoore	$2562
66 km or 41 mi	Visalia	$2098
76 km or 47 mi	Tulare	$2275
79 km or 49 mi	Corcoran	$2414
84 km or 52 mi	Merced	$2141
96 km or 60 mi	Atwater	$2404
99 km or 61 mi	Los Banos	$2825
105 km or 65 mi	Porterville	$2568
123 km or 76 mi	Delano	$2623
124 km or 77 mi	Turlock	$2477
138 km or 86 mi	Ceres	$2413
138 km or 86 mi	Wasco	$2631
142 km or 88 mi	Patterson	$2860
143 km or 89 mi	Soledad	$2861
143 km or 89 mi	Hollister	$2984
144 km or 89 mi	Sonora	$2785
145 km or 90 mi	Modesto	$2305
145 km or 90 mi	Oakdale	$2590
147 km or 91 mi	Riverbank	$2456
150 km or 93 mi	Paso Robles	$2309
161 km or 100 mi	Gilroy	$3073
165 km or 102 mi	Atascadero	$1931
166 km or 103 mi	Salinas	$3048
168 km or 104 mi	Bakersfield	$2259
170 km or 106 mi	Manteca	$2668
170 km or 106 mi	Morgan Hill	$3172
175 km or 109 mi	Lathrop	$2677
176 km or 109 mi	Watsonville	$3698
179 km or 112 mi	Marina	$2545
180 km or 112 mi	Tracy	$2088
184 km or 114 mi	Seaside	$1936
185 km or 115 mi	San Luis Obispo	$2878
188 km or 117 mi	Stockton	$2374

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