Munich vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$1116
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	90	82
😀 Quality of life	94	71
🏙️ Population	1.51M	5.65M

The cost of living in Munich is 154% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 920th and 5813th ($2463 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 61st and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Saint Petersburg

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	Munich	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566