Munich vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$1684
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$218
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$827
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	90	21
😀 Quality of life	94	46
🏙️ Population	1.51M	6.56M

The cost of living in Munich is 318% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 863rd and 7943rd ($2525 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 243rd 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 1.4 months in Shaoyang. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 44th and 7142nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/munich/shaoyang.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Munich vs Shaoyang infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/munich/shaoyang" target="_blank">Munich vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Munich vs Shaoyang

Prices for goods and services in Munich and Shaoyang are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Munich	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$455
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$51.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$3037
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$1552
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$3.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$4.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$6.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$5.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$70.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$13867

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$556
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$569
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$589
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$648
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$602
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$560
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$593
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$518
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$586
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$589
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$564
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$622
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$518
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$571
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$560
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$739
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$571
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$593
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$609
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$528
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$535
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$608
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$766
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$565
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$610
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$778
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$570
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$793
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$592
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$600
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$632
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$556
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$623
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$600
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$758
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$601
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$582
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$619