Indianapolis vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Indianapolis	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2129	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5041	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$1916	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4818	$3867
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	71	91
😀 Quality of life	89	94
🏙️ Population	888K	1.49M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 3% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1474th and 1315th ($2129 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1308th 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 2.3 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Indianapolis ranked 27th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 146th and 48th 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	$20.3	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.9	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.3	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1305	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$966	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2169	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1492	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.8	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1547	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.9	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.77	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.21	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.2	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.73	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.08	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$108	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.9	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.5	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1858	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27248	$18334

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2019
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2034
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2032
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2002
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1988
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1973
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1992
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1906
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1950
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1795
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1896
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2212
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1775
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1596
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1944
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1850
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2127
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1846
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1465
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1840
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1732
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1913
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1889
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1486
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1826
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1803
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$1938
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1844
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1659
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$1907
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1709
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1721
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1919
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1844
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1904
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1857
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1798

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