Kathmandu vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$131	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$3560
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	28	90
😀 Quality of life	46	93
🏙️ Population	846K	1.51M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 81% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8918th and 1352nd ($419 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Nepal and Germany, respectively. Check Nepal vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6495th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Munich

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	Kathmandu	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$14702

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

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