Munich vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$707
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	90	24
😀 Quality of life	93	38
🏙️ Population	1.51M	7.82M

The cost of living in Munich is 199% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1352nd and 6735th ($2201 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 54th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Shangqiu

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	Munich	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529