Munich vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$446
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$1030
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$182
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$297
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$43.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$147
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	90	69
😀 Quality of life	94	51
🏙️ Population	1.51M	2.1M

The cost of living in Munich is 466% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 863rd and 8874th ($2525 vs $446) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Munich compared to 0.3 months in Rawalpindi. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Rawalpindi ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 44th and 6631st 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	$19.2	$1.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$16.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$5.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$178
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$73.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$134
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	22.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$1159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$511
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$9.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$3.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$6.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$4.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$16.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$1.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$11.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$2.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$16.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$43.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$806

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$496
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$371
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$280
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$373
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$253
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$373
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$335
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$394
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$321
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$344
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$391
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$382
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$313
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$286
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$309
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$393
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$332
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$359
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$450
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$381
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$306
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$379
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$339
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$397
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$371
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$438
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$340
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$346
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$456
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$504
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$401
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$350
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$391
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$440
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$447
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$379
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$252