Leipzig vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Leipzig	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1690	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3962	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$856	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$1466	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$550	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3010	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	71	90
😀 Quality of life	92	94
🏙️ Population	620K	1.51M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 31% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 3162nd and 920th ($1690 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 230th and 1st in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Ranked 15th vs 8th best cities to live in Germany, and 113th vs 61st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs Munich

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	Leipzig	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.1	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.19	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.45	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$745	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$560	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1353	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4459	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2997	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.08	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.8	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.22	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.05	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.92	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.18	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.4	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10887	$14492

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1415
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1420
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1388
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1415
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1419
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1396
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1422
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1471
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1422
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1126
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1408
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1251
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1420
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1436
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1207
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1421
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1084
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1381
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1320
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1424
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1298
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1422
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1448
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1423
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1249
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1301
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1424
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1427
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1475
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1485
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730