Munich vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Munich	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2188	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5197	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$1327	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$507	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$203	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3867	$1496
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	95
😀 Quality of life	94	88
🏙️ Population	1.49M	4.36M

The cost of living in Munich is 117% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1315th and 5229th ($2188 vs $1011) 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 1.8 months in Munich compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Munich ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 48th and 181st 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	$14.6	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.78	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1411	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1028	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2472	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1982	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$276	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.53%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11808	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8614	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.02	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.2	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.8	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.5	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$922	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$11035

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589