Guadalajara vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guadalajara	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1017	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2509	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$480	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$652	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	49	90
😀 Quality of life	57	93
🏙️ Population	1.46M	1.51M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 54% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5385th and 1352nd ($1017 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1st in Mexico and Germany, respectively. Check Mexico vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Guadalajara ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5625th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Munich

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	Guadalajara	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.83	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.35	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$573	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1233	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$791	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2393	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1599	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.05	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.6	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.4	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$161	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5853	$14702

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214

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