Milwaukee vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Milwaukee	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2104	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5122	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1239	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$2039	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4263	$3867
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	81	91
😀 Quality of life	90	94
🏙️ Population	577K	1.49M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 4% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1560th and 1315th ($2104 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1383rd and 1st in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Milwaukee ranked 26th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 138th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Munich

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	Milwaukee	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.4	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.3	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.12	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1310	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$983	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2531	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1588	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1712	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1464	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.8	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.51	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.42	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.05	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.82	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.3	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1814	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24397	$18334

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2016
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$2002
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$2021
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1964
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1947
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2007
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1971
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1995
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2002
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2003
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1948
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1803
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1984
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$1985
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$1983
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1945
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1911
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$1970
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1949
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2193
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1800
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2159
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2199
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2191
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2164
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1709
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2205
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2150
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2305
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$1926
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1855
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2107
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2143
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1935
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2314
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2221
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2195
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2269
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2240
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2253

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599