Kuala Lumpur vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuala Lumpur	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$810	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1984	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$393	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$278	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.8	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1392	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	93	90
😀 Quality of life	77	93
🏙️ Population	1.98M	1.51M

The cost of living in Kuala Lumpur is 63% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6403rd and 1352nd ($810 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malaysia and Germany, respectively. Check Malaysia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Kuala Lumpur compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Kuala Lumpur ranked 1st best city to live in Malaysia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 811th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuala Lumpur vs Munich

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	Kuala Lumpur	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.17	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$548	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.3	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1427	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.04	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.32	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.05	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.45	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.5	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.82	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.9	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$254	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8723	$14702

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kuala Lumpur

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
15 km or 9.1 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
19 km or 12 mi	Shah Alam	$645
24 km or 15 mi	Putrajaya	$532
25 km or 16 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
30 km or 19 mi	Klang	$670
54 km or 33 mi	Seremban	$604
123 km or 77 mi	Malacca	$669
124 km or 77 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
155 km or 97 mi	Muar	$682
167 km or 104 mi	Dumai	$543
176 km or 109 mi	Ipoh	$628
196 km or 122 mi	Kuantan	$529
199 km or 124 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
211 km or 131 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
217 km or 135 mi	Taiping	$695
219 km or 136 mi	Kluang	$679
229 km or 142 mi	Chukai	$565
282 km or 175 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
291 km or 181 mi	Butterworth	$619
291 km or 181 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
292 km or 181 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
293 km or 182 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
294 km or 183 mi	George Town	$620
297 km or 184 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
309 km or 192 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
311 km or 193 mi	Singapore City	$3059
315 km or 195 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
335 km or 208 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
338 km or 210 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
341 km or 212 mi	Medan	$481
346 km or 215 mi	Batam	$539
360 km or 224 mi	Binjai	$470
361 km or 225 mi	Alor Setar	$490
394 km or 245 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
402 km or 250 mi	Kangar	$536
413 km or 257 mi	Langkawi	$560
441 km or 274 mi	Langsa	$461
451 km or 280 mi	Hat Yai	$570
457 km or 284 mi	Ko Lipe	$719

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