Hamburg City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamburg City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1909	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4628	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1010	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$1803	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$532	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$227	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3251	$3867
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	84	91
😀 Quality of life	94	94
🏙️ Population	1.85M	1.49M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 13% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2013th and 1315th ($1909 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Ranked 7th vs 9th best cities to live in Germany, and 43rd vs 48th 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	$14.6	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.3	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.95	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.19	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1011	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1849	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.7	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8838	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5532	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.7	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.07	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.3	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.3	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$217	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28533	$18334

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1501
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1484
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1467
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1467
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1509
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1506
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1464
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1527
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1504
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1453
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1457
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1495
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1528
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1550
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1422
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1593
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1395
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1547
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1486
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1487
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1504
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1488
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1496
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1329
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1476
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1381
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1464
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1460
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1494
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1415
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1519
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1716
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1502
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1426
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1366
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1338
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1442
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1432
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1274

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599