Munich vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	90	24
😀 Quality of life	93	39
🏙️ Population	1.51M	6.56M

The cost of living in Munich is 272% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 1352nd and 7740th ($2201 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 263rd 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 Shaoyang. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 54th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Shaoyang

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	Munich	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600