Islamabad vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Islamabad	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$443	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1034	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$199	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$328	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.5	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$3954
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	69	90
😀 Quality of life	50	94
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.51M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 82% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8887th and 920th ($443 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Pakistan and Germany, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Islamabad compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Islamabad ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6597th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Munich

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	Islamabad	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.83	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$98.8	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$338	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$178	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.4	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.5	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.73%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1311	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$775	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.39	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.05	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.22	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.75	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.17	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.64	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.4	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.22	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.86	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.6	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.7	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$61.1	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2738	$14492

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$344
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$277
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$354
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$265
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$334
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$364
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$320
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$376
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$363
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$311
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$284
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$302
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$372
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$316
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$333
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$427
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$294
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$351
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$380
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$303
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$393
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$291
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$401
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$337
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$458
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$362
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$347
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$421
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$403
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$396
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$373

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