Munich vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	1.51M	4.04M

The cost of living in Munich is 117% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 920th and 4867th ($2463 vs $1135) 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 1.6 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 61st and 387th 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	$19.1	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$17207

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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

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589