Maseru vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$219	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	16	90
😀 Quality of life	13	93
🏙️ Population	344K	1.51M

The cost of living in Maseru is 72% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7441st and 1352nd ($621 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lesotho and Germany, respectively. Check Lesotho vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Maseru compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 9104th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maseru vs Munich

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	Maseru	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$14702

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Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628

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