Munich vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Munich	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2188	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5197	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$1327	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$507	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$203	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3867	$813
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	53
😀 Quality of life	94	53
🏙️ Population	1.49M	8.78M

The cost of living in Munich is 218% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1315th and 6882nd ($2188 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 102nd in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Munich compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Munich ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 48th and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Quanzhou

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	Munich	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.78	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1411	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1028	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2472	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1982	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$276	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.53%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11808	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8614	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.02	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.2	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.8	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.5	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$922	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$19406

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083