Munich vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$381
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	90	57
😀 Quality of life	94	63
🏙️ Population	1.51M	2.42M

The cost of living in Munich is 185% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 863rd and 6337th ($2525 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Germany and Brazil, respectively. Check Germany vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Munich compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Salvador ranked 21st in Brazil, while ranked 44th and 5445th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Salvador

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	Munich	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$15139

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751