Minneapolis vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minneapolis	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2380	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5756	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1413	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$2434	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$698	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4476	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	84	90
😀 Quality of life	90	94
🏙️ Population	430K	1.51M

The cost of living in Minneapolis is 3% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1095th and 920th ($2380 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 963rd 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 1.9 months in Minneapolis compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Minneapolis ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 215th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minneapolis vs Munich

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	Minneapolis	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1597	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2639	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2101	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.1	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3686	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2479	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.1	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.1	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.49	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1787	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26604	$14492

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Cities near Minneapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	Golden Valley	$2285
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	St. Louis Park	$2277
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Crystal	$2306
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Roseville	$2221
10 km or 6.2 mi	Richfield	$2270
10 km or 6.4 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2328
11 km or 6.6 mi	New Hope	$2305
11 km or 6.8 mi	New Brighton	$2302
12 km or 7.2 mi	Fridley	$2330
12 km or 7.3 mi	Edina	$2290
14 km or 8.8 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2335
14 km or 9 mi	Saint Paul	$2054
14 km or 9 mi	Shoreview	$2289
15 km or 9.3 mi	Plymouth	$2307
15 km or 9.6 mi	Coon Rapids	$2283
17 km or 10 mi	Bloomington	$2271
18 km or 11 mi	Maple Grove	$2329
20 km or 12 mi	Minnetonka	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Eagan	$2236
20 km or 12 mi	Blaine	$2528
21 km or 13 mi	South St. Paul	$2160
21 km or 13 mi	Eden Prairie	$2398
22 km or 14 mi	Maplewood	$2183
23 km or 14 mi	Savage	$2286
23 km or 14 mi	Inver Grove Heights	$2201
23 km or 15 mi	White Bear Lake	$2252
24 km or 15 mi	Burnsville	$2312
24 km or 15 mi	Oakdale	$2219
24 km or 15 mi	Lino Lakes	$2320
25 km or 15 mi	Chanhassen	$2353
25 km or 16 mi	Champlin	$2478
27 km or 17 mi	Woodbury	$2296
28 km or 17 mi	Andover	$2386
28 km or 17 mi	Apple Valley	$2147
29 km or 18 mi	Shakopee	$2317
29 km or 18 mi	Rosemount	$2202
31 km or 19 mi	Cottage Grove	$2227
32 km or 20 mi	Prior Lake	$2258
34 km or 21 mi	Chaska	$2299
34 km or 21 mi	Ramsey	$2678

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