Munich vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	94	90
🏙️ Population	1.51M	4.04M

The cost of living in Munich is 125% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 863rd and 4931st ($2525 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Munich compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 44th and 183rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs New Taipei

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	Munich	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$21429

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612