Fresno vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fresno	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2371	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5290	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1530	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2614	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	42	90
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	542K	1.51M

The cost of living in Fresno is 8% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1005th and 1352nd ($2371 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 920th 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 1.6 months in Fresno compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Fresno ranked 188th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 659th and 54th 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	$20.1	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.5	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1417	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2393	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2299	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.9	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2801	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.37	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.9	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.83	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.18	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.61	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.7	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12984	$14702

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Fresno

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Clovis	$2361
23 km or 14 mi	Sanger	$2490
28 km or 18 mi	Selma	$2506
31 km or 19 mi	Madera	$2773
37 km or 23 mi	Reedley	$2501
44 km or 28 mi	Dinuba	$2453
52 km or 32 mi	Hanford	$2494
53 km or 33 mi	Lemoore	$2559
66 km or 41 mi	Visalia	$2120
76 km or 47 mi	Tulare	$2303
79 km or 49 mi	Corcoran	$2599
84 km or 52 mi	Merced	$2154
96 km or 60 mi	Atwater	$2370
99 km or 61 mi	Los Banos	$2775
105 km or 65 mi	Porterville	$2555
123 km or 76 mi	Delano	$2603
124 km or 77 mi	Turlock	$2490
138 km or 86 mi	Ceres	$2422
138 km or 86 mi	Wasco	$2588
142 km or 88 mi	Patterson	$2792
143 km or 89 mi	Soledad	$2801
143 km or 89 mi	Hollister	$2934
144 km or 89 mi	Sonora	$2740
145 km or 90 mi	Modesto	$2346
145 km or 90 mi	Oakdale	$2571
147 km or 91 mi	Riverbank	$2433
150 km or 93 mi	Paso Robles	$2238
161 km or 100 mi	Gilroy	$3006
165 km or 102 mi	Atascadero	$2033
166 km or 103 mi	Salinas	$3074
168 km or 104 mi	Bakersfield	$2306
170 km or 106 mi	Manteca	$2622
170 km or 106 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
175 km or 109 mi	Lathrop	$2646
176 km or 109 mi	Watsonville	$3437
179 km or 112 mi	Marina	$2536
180 km or 112 mi	Tracy	$2135
184 km or 114 mi	Seaside	$1995
185 km or 115 mi	San Luis Obispo	$2717
188 km or 117 mi	Stockton	$2170

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