Hamburg City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	84	90
😀 Quality of life	94	93
🏙️ Population	1.91M	1.51M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 9% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1818th and 1352nd ($2007 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Ranked 6th vs 8th best cities to live in Germany, and 40th vs 54th 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	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$14702

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

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