Munich vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Munich	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2499	$427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5815	$989
🏠 One person rent	$1483	$171
🏘️ Family rent	$2594	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$164
🚐 Transport expenses	$248	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4507	$181
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	90	69
😀 Quality of life	94	51
🏙️ Population	1.51M	2.1M

The cost of living in Munich is 485% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 889th and 8928th ($2499 vs $427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Munich compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Rawalpindi ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 38th and 6598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Rawalpindi

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	Munich	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$5.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.86	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1499	$156
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1182	$69.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2689	$285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2147	$124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$67.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$295	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	21.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12913	$1102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8949	$529
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.84	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.4	$9.85
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.5	$3.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.45	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$6.25
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$4.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$0.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.71	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$1.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$0.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$1.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.8	$9.71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.7	$3.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.5	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$2.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$14.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1039	$49.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16629	$782

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748

Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$464
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$360
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$279
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$370
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$264
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$369
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$330
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$323
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$353
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$381
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$371
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$308
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$295
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$378
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$326
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$348
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$432
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$368
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$302
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$367
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$318
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$391
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$364
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$423
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$315
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$352
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$433
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$473
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$382
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$351
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$414
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$417
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$425
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$379
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$265