Hong Kong vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hong Kong	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2753	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6771	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$3862	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$522	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$223	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4007	$3717
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	100	91
😀 Quality of life	88	94
🏙️ Population	7.41M	1.51M

The cost of living in Hong Kong is 18% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 379th and 1056th ($2753 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hong Kong compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Hong Kong ranked 1st best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 205th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hong Kong vs Munich

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	Hong Kong	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.31	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.09	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.51	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.44	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2262	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1530	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4948	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3273	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$29105	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18561	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.38	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.8	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.2	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.3	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.93	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.69	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$95	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.4	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$28	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.4	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1053	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22381	$19483

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Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$958
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$641
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1590
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$491
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$678
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$629
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$830
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$763
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$1014
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$602
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$824
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$801
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$808
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$839
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$895
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$726
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$852
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$592
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$795
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$819
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$783
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$774
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$774
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$780
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$813
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$746
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$794
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$713
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$807
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$671
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$725
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$821
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$538
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$623

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668