Maputo vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Maputo	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3076	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$520	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$1290	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$350	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$3717
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	28	91
😀 Quality of life	38	94
🏙️ Population	1.13M	1.51M

The cost of living in Maputo is 52% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4869th and 1056th ($1116 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Mozambique and Germany, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Maputo compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 7151st and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Maputo vs Munich infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/maputo/munich.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Maputo vs Munich infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/maputo/munich" target="_blank">Maputo vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Maputo vs Munich

Prices for goods and services in Maputo and Munich are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Maputo	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.47	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$757	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$913	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.1	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.7	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$134	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.92%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3581	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2586	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.11	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.26	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.4	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.67	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.8	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.98	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.9	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$273	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5539	$19483

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$1003
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$459
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$623
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$791
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$841
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$819
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$696
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$822
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$838
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$909
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$997
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$874
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$834
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$717
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$971
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$848
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$943
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$788
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$774
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$627
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$663
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$554
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$871
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$581
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$718
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$809
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$692
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$600
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1000
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$862
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$654

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668