Islamabad vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$199	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$3560
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	69	90
😀 Quality of life	49	93
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.51M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 80% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8870th and 1352nd ($442 vs $2201) 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 6313th 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	$2.13	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$14702

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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