Mashhad vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Mashhad	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$498	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1301	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$170	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$290	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.7	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$250	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	45	90
😀 Quality of life	56	94
🏙️ Population	3M	1.51M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 80% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8726th and 889th ($498 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd 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 1.8 months in Munich. Mashhad ranked 4th best city to live in Iran vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6291st and 38th 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	$2.99	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.58	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.05	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$193	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$134	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$353	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$238	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.43	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.7	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.68%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.35	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.32	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.26	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.95	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.66	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.2	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.4	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.98	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.1	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.1	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.9	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$45.5	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$627	$16629

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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	$501
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$501
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$494
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$510
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1763
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1806
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$487
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1640
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1769
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$532
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$589
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$466
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$563
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$659
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$457
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$535
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$436
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$635
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$561
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1755
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$513
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$531
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$467
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$468
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$565
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$575
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$583
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$571
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$586
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$592
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$591
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$639

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