Munich vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	20
😀 Quality of life	94	46
🏙️ Population	1.51M	6.44M

The cost of living in Munich is 279% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 920th and 7433rd ($2463 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 61st and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Shangrao

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	Munich	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$28686

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620