Medellin vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Medellin	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1030	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2487	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$494	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$843	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$552	$3954
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	66	90
😀 Quality of life	60	94
🏙️ Population	2.53M	1.51M

The cost of living in Medellin is 58% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5342nd and 920th ($1030 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 5890th and 61st 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	$6.21	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.9	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.78	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.07	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.16	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$542	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$383	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$987	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$671	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.1%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2220	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.3	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.11	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.78	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.8	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.66	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$402	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6383	$14492

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$950
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$881
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$678
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$708
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$730
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$679
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$655
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$667
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$506
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$722
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$762
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$515
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$848
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$721
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$976
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$511
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$637
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$663
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$960
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$693
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$686
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$581
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$782
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$693
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$546
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$759
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$704
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$547
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$667
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$777
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$565
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$620
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$673
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$671
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$684
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$673
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$572
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$677

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