Hefei vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hefei	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$707	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1809	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$269	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$483	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$222	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$933	$3867
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	93	91
😀 Quality of life	67	94
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.49M

The cost of living in Hefei is 68% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6756th and 1315th ($707 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 82nd and 1st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Hefei compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Hefei ranked 28th best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 3921st and 48th 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	$2.79	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$250	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$554	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$388	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.3	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.6	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.87%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3876	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2072	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.64	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.53	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.6	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.41	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$238	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8280	$18334

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$696
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$655
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$702
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$687
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$746
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$728
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$898
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$532
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$624
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$700
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$740
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$671
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$708
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$789
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$645
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$660
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$626
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$631
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$720
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$694
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$625
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$643
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$652
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$707
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$604
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$617
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$625
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$621
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$707
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$641
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$699
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$713
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$713
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$532
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$696

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