Munich vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Munich	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2499	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5815	$5858
🏠 One person rent	$1483	$1560
🏘️ Family rent	$2594	$2701
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$618
🚐 Transport expenses	$248	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4507	$4433
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	78
😀 Quality of life	94	89
🏙️ Population	1.51M	689K

The cost of living in Munich is 0.9% more expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 889th and 924th ($2499 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 798th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Munich compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Nashville ranked 77th in the United States, while ranked 38th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Nashville

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	Munich	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$7.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.86	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1499	$1694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1182	$1277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2689	$3027
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2147	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$295	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12913	$4118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8949	$2822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.84	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.4	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.5	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.45	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$4.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$3.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.71	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$9.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.8	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.7	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.5	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1039	$1416
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16629	$30241

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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

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581