Glasgow vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	94	90
😀 Quality of life	95	94
🏙️ Population	626K	1.51M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 16% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1833rd and 920th ($2058 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th 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 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 52nd and 61st 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	$19.9	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$14492

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

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