Hempstead vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$3560
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	97	90
😀 Quality of life	79	93
🏙️ Population	793K	1.51M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 21% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 556th and 1352nd ($2664 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th and 1st in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 636th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Munich

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	Hempstead	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$14702

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302

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