Mashhad vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mashhad	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1312	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$172	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$293	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$250	$3954
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	46	90
😀 Quality of life	57	94
🏙️ Population	3M	1.51M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 80% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8663rd and 920th ($503 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 66th and 1st in Iran and Germany, respectively. Check Iran vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mashhad compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6167th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Munich

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	Mashhad	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$348	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.48	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.9	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.7	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.55%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1174	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.33	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.38	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.26	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.71	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.1	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$45.9	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$623	$14492

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684

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