Munich vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Munich	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2188	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5197	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$1327	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$507	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$203	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3867	$1455
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	100
😀 Quality of life	94	78
🏙️ Population	1.49M	24.9M

The cost of living in Munich is 84% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 1315th and 4461st ($2188 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Munich compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Munich ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 48th and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Shanghai

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	Munich	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.78	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1411	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1028	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2472	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1982	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$276	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.53%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11808	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8614	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.02	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.2	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.8	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.5	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$922	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$28143

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740