Munich vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	53
😀 Quality of life	94	70
🏙️ Population	1.51M	8.78M

The cost of living in Munich is 297% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 920th and 7641st ($2463 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 138th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 61st and 4086th 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	$19.1	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941