Munich vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	49
😀 Quality of life	94	71
🏙️ Population	1.51M	8.78M

The cost of living in Munich is 289% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 863rd and 7630th ($2525 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 134th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Munich compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 44th and 3354th 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	$19.2	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$9745

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954