Liverpool vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Liverpool	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4969	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1076	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$1822	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	85	90
😀 Quality of life	92	94
🏙️ Population	513K	1.51M

The cost of living in Liverpool is 20% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2034th and 889th ($1998 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 121st and 1st in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Liverpool compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Liverpool ranked 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 81st and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Liverpool vs Munich

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	Liverpool	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$95.1	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.85	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.86	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.3	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1146	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2016	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1338	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$302	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.21%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3920	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2673	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.72	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.03	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.45	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.37	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.6	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.5	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.9	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$83.8	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.6	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1831	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16599	$16629

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Cities near Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1893
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1718
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1888
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1862
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1873
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1686
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1907
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1928
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$2047
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1861
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1764
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1870
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1784
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$2079
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1974
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1754
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$2033
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$2055
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$2080
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1846
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1818
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2365
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1674
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$2002
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1827
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1741
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1496
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1873
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1841

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748