Islamabad vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Islamabad	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$439	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1168	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$198	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$150	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.4	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$256	$3717
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	67	91
😀 Quality of life	49	94
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.51M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 81% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8895th and 1056th ($439 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Germany, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6293rd and 54th 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	$1.79	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$92	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$286	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.6	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.49%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1307	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.82	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.32	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.26	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.64	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.47	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.2	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.01	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.4	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$59.7	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3133	$19483

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$323
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$328
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$372
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$277
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$338
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$374
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$456
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$335
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$344
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$280
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$308
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$358
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$319
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$406
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$344
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$500
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$312
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$407
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$441
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$310
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$469
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$378
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$599
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$358
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$360
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$430
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$371
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$476
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$397

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