Monaco City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Monaco City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$7861	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10082	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$6825	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$6182	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$768	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$8072	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	21	90
😀 Quality of life	66	94
🏙️ Population	38.4K	1.51M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 215% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1st and 889th ($7861 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Monaco and Germany, respectively. Check Monaco vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Monaco City compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5110th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs Munich

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	Monaco City	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.4	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.41	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.02	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$7561	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$6344	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$7042	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5552	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$272	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.28%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$84253	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$62621	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.3	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.94	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.61	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.1	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.63	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.5	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$12	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$6.03	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.6	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.5	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.6	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2320	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$47079	$16629

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$4626
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1516
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1934
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1627
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1945
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1556
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1968
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1490
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1294
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1375
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1660
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1479
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1545
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1649
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1342
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1652
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1788
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1354
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1780
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1471
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1602
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1338
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1824
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1618
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1566
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1275
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1581
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1769
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1542
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1458
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1290
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1445
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1694
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1425
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1680
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1778
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1606
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1659
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1392
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1803

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748