Munich vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$2040
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$91.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$801
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	18
😀 Quality of life	94	46
🏙️ Population	1.51M	6.49M

The cost of living in Munich is 269% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 863rd and 7385th ($2525 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 80th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Munich compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Shangrao ranked 234th in China, while ranked 44th and 7068th 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	$19.2	$3.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$0.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$279
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$323
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$44.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$15.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$5055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$2527
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$5.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$5.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$7.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$6.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$82.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$25646

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$596
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$617
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$628
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$435
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$646
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$603
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$611
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$686
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$689
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$542
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$696
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$615
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$551
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$640
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$672
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$652
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$661
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$774
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$717
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$653
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$587
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$618
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$684
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$899
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$679
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$612
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$667
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$592
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$670
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$677
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$671
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$632
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$687
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$680
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$658
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$691
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$673
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$610
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$628