Mbabane vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mbabane	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$562	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$245	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$484	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.5	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$701	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	16	90
😀 Quality of life	38	93
🏙️ Population	60.7K	1.51M

The cost of living in Mbabane is 74% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8102nd and 1352nd ($562 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Eswatini and Germany, respectively. Check Eswatini vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Mbabane compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Mbabane ranked 1st best city to live in Eswatini vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 7231st and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mbabane vs Munich

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	Mbabane	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.96	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.1	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.22	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$360	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.7	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.6	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.3	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.73%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$330	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$245	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.3	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.2	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.74	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.45	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.07	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.51	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.52	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.6	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$104	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4495	$14702

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Cities near Mbabane

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Manzini	$442
136 km or 85 mi	Matola	$964
148 km or 92 mi	Maputo	$1068
165 km or 103 mi	Vryheid	$763
171 km or 106 mi	Bethal	$784
179 km or 111 mi	Middelburg	$795
271 km or 168 mi	Springs	$678
284 km or 176 mi	Benoni	$785
287 km or 178 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
301 km or 187 mi	Centurion	$807
304 km or 189 mi	Pretoria	$906
311 km or 193 mi	Sandton	$953
311 km or 193 mi	Johannesburg	$993
316 km or 196 mi	Randburg	$837
324 km or 201 mi	Vereeniging	$672
329 km or 204 mi	Soweto	$923
334 km or 207 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
348 km or 216 mi	Brits	$820
370 km or 230 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
394 km or 245 mi	Durban	$809
398 km or 247 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
399 km or 248 mi	Rustenburg	$889
406 km or 252 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
416 km or 259 mi	Kroonstad	$768
451 km or 280 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
461 km or 287 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
477 km or 296 mi	Welkom	$748
491 km or 305 mi	Maseru	$621
546 km or 339 mi	Mafeteng	$567
555 km or 345 mi	Mmabatho	$780
559 km or 347 mi	Gaborone	$691
564 km or 350 mi	Lobatse	$665
566 km or 352 mi	Mahalapye	$631
576 km or 358 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
585 km or 363 mi	Palapye	$540
601 km or 374 mi	Kanye	$664
608 km or 378 mi	Molepolole	$628
628 km or 390 mi	Serowe	$583
628 km or 390 mi	Mthatha	$852
682 km or 424 mi	Francistown	$624

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