Munich vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$401
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	35
😀 Quality of life	93	35
🏙️ Population	1.51M	2.96M

The cost of living in Munich is 303% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 1352nd and 8272nd ($2201 vs $546) 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 1.6 months in Munich compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 54th and 7504th 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	$16.2	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$2809

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886