Hamburg City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hamburg City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5149	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$1162	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$2021	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$588	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$281	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3748	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	84	90
😀 Quality of life	94	94
🏙️ Population	1.91M	1.51M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 13% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1511th and 863rd ($2189 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Ranked 6th vs 8th best cities to live in Germany, and 38th vs 44th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Munich

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	Hamburg City	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.84	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1230	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$909	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2218	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$229	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10429	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5372	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.48	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.2	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.33	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.43	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.2	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.6	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$338	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19886	$17274

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1617
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1601
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1582
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1575
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1621
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1556
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1579
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1559
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1622
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1563
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1585
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1555
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1650
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1535
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1544
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1725
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1551
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1679
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1577
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1584
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1639
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1596
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1507
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1557
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1590
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1494
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1582
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1586
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1509
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1530
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1787
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1309
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1765
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1483
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1547
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1533
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1415
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1589
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1621
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1457

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