Munich vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Munich	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2499	$551
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5815	$1326
🏠 One person rent	$1483	$234
🏘️ Family rent	$2594	$399
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$248	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4507	$96.7
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	33
😀 Quality of life	94	40
🏙️ Population	1.51M	2.96M

The cost of living in Munich is 354% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 889th and 8377th ($2499 vs $551) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Germany and Yemen, respectively. Check Germany vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Munich compared to 0.2 months in Sanaa. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 38th and 7844th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Sanaa

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	Munich	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$3.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$19.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$1.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.86	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1499	$243
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1182	$152
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2689	$448
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2147	$279
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$295	$60.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$25.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	12.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12913	$1633
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8949	$873
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.84	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.4	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.5	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.45	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$6.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$4.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$6.63
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.71	$8.21
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$2.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$2.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$2.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.8	$24.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.7	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.5	$14.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$60.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1039	$98.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16629	$3830

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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 Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$492
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$494
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$504
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$491
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$491
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$514
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$865
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$526
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$902
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$571
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$601
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$893
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$497
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$572
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$493
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$906
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$810
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$531
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$498
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$509
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$498
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$712
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$1022
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$1152
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$1153
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$1017
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$1107
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$931
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$863
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1209
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$964
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1632
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$825
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$996