Melbourne vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Melbourne	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2194	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5150	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1216	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1971	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$296	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3902	$3560
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	100	90
😀 Quality of life	100	93
🏙️ Population	5.03M	1.51M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 0.3% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1365th and 1352nd ($2194 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Australia and Germany, respectively. Check Australia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 1st and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Munich

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	Melbourne	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.09	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2611	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6900	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5335	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.51	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.79	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.67	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.2	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.67	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.1	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1683	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19705	$14702

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1668
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963

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