Monaco City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Monaco City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$9122	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9989	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$8093	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$6133	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$773	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.2	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$8147	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	21	90
😀 Quality of life	80	94
🏙️ Population	38.4K	1.51M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 270% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1st and 920th ($9122 vs $2463) 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 0.9 months in Monaco City compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 738th and 61st 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	$23.3	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.5	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.8	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.88	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$8855	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$7565	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6858	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5483	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.24%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$81879	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$73679	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.15	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.42	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.24	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.49	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.13	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.58	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.11	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.5	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.6	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11.9	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.94	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.4	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.3	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$45.3	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2258	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$46461	$14492

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$4203
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1488
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1884
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1563
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1867
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1504
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1915
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1473
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1257
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1336
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1642
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1438
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1478
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1620
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1268
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1582
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1700
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1308
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1733
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1469
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1624
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1316
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1761
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1615
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1536
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1263
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1525
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1770
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1498
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1474
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1264
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1414
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1662
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1393
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1656
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1792
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1582
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1510
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1406
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1781

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