Medellin vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Medellin	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1162	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2810	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$579	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$997	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$535	$4312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	65	90
😀 Quality of life	64	94
🏙️ Population	2.53M	1.51M

The cost of living in Medellin is 54% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4852nd and 863rd ($1162 vs $2525) 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 1.7 months in Munich. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5346th and 44th 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	$6.47	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.22	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$446	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1244	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.4	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.3	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.9	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.36%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2880	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.03	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.3	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.23	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.57	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.38	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.63	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.8	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$533	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8196	$17274

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$1041
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$1012
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$737
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$862
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$769
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$749
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$749
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$537
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$816
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$858
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$559
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$958
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$797
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$1106
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$563
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$680
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$733
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$1045
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$816
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$795
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$630
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$856
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$788
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$593
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$850
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$765
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$789
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$586
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$727
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$740
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$606
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$674
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$678
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$678
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$685
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$678
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$631
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$687

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714