Indianapolis vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	71	90
😀 Quality of life	89	93
🏙️ Population	888K	1.51M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 0.6% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1378th and 1352nd ($2189 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 191st and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Munich

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	Indianapolis	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$14702

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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