Kansas vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kansas	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5385	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1182	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2164	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4006	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	64	90
😀 Quality of life	86	93
🏙️ Population	508K	1.51M

The cost of living in Kansas is 4% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1532nd and 1352nd ($2121 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1366th 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 1.9 months in Kansas compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Kansas ranked 85th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 320th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kansas vs Munich

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	Kansas	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.7	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.99	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1212	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$942	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2362	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1791	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.3	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2153	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1909	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.04	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.56	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.14	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.7	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$146	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1376	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28999	$14702

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Cities near Kansas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kansas City	$2196
12 km or 7.4 mi	Raytown	$2039
15 km or 9.2 mi	Leawood	$2325
15 km or 9.2 mi	Overland Park	$2437
15 km or 9.2 mi	Independence	$1825
16 km or 10 mi	Shawnee	$2259
18 km or 11 mi	Lenexa	$2322
18 km or 11 mi	Gladstone	$1992
19 km or 12 mi	Grandview	$2219
23 km or 14 mi	Lee's Summit	$2063
25 km or 16 mi	Liberty	$1922
26 km or 16 mi	Belton	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Olathe	$2290
27 km or 17 mi	Blue Springs	$1979
39 km or 24 mi	Gardner	$2124
41 km or 26 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
57 km or 35 mi	Lawrence	$1720
82 km or 51 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
95 km or 59 mi	Topeka	$1649
123 km or 77 mi	Sedalia	$1912
156 km or 97 mi	Emporia	$1337
174 km or 108 mi	Manhattan	$1777
183 km or 113 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
195 km or 121 mi	Columbia	$1549
195 km or 121 mi	Junction	$1993
215 km or 134 mi	Jefferson	$1801
219 km or 136 mi	Joplin	$1896
235 km or 146 mi	Springfield	$1534
250 km or 155 mi	Nixa	$1689
261 km or 162 mi	Bellevue	$2014
263 km or 163 mi	Salina	$1569
265 km or 165 mi	Lincoln	$1698
265 km or 165 mi	Newton	$1730
268 km or 167 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
275 km or 171 mi	Omaha	$2068
283 km or 176 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
284 km or 176 mi	Wichita	$1811
286 km or 178 mi	Ottumwa	$1750
287 km or 178 mi	Derby	$1846

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