Hefei vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hefei	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$643	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1702	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$216	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$243	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$927	$3954
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	93	90
😀 Quality of life	69	94
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.51M

The cost of living in Hefei is 74% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7469th and 920th ($643 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 101st and 1st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hefei compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Hefei ranked 35th best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 4318th and 61st 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	$3.48	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.1	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.54%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3665	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2183	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.3	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.42	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.1	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9056	$14492

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730