Medellin vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$408	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	66	90
😀 Quality of life	53	93
🏙️ Population	2.53M	1.51M

The cost of living in Medellin is 59% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6005th and 1352nd ($906 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Colombia and Germany, respectively. Check Colombia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6049th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Munich

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	Medellin	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$14702

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618

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