Glasgow vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	93	90
😀 Quality of life	94	94
🏙️ Population	626K	1.51M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 15% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1712th and 889th ($2121 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 1st in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 42nd and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Munich

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	Glasgow	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$16629

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

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