Hefei vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$205	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	93	90
😀 Quality of life	66	93
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.51M

The cost of living in Hefei is 72% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7405th and 1352nd ($625 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 1st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 3963rd and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Munich

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	Hefei	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$14702

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

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