Kobe vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kobe	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1107	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2821	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$460	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$848	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$400	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1696	$3560
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	91	90
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	1.52M	1.51M

The cost of living in Kobe is 50% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4793rd and 1352nd ($1107 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 127th and 1st in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kobe compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Kobe ranked 31st best city to live in Japan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 674th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kobe vs Munich

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	Kobe	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.64	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.7	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$846	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.5	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4362	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3074	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.3	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$31.1	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.16	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.32	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16179	$14702

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Cities near Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1049
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1158
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1057
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1048
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1062
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1072
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1045
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1073
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1242
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1059
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1051
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1146
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1074
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1049
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1302
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1065
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1059
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1059
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1142
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1049
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1084
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1156
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079

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