Munich vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$1589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	93	86
🏙️ Population	1.51M	4.04M

The cost of living in Munich is 105% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1352nd and 5000th ($2201 vs $1073) 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 1.5 months in New Taipei. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 54th and 302nd 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	$16.2	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$18855

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581