Munich vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$995
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$2526
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$552
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$975
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$87.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$938
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	95
😀 Quality of life	94	76
🏙️ Population	1.51M	17.5M

The cost of living in Munich is 154% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 863rd and 5618th ($2525 vs $995) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th 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 0.9 months in Shenzhen. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Shenzhen ranked 4th in China, while ranked 44th and 1163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Shenzhen

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	Munich	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$3.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$701
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$35.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$54.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$11.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	3.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$13122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$6054
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$4.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$4.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$5.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$48.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$7.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$34.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$39.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$21140

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2396
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$678
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$694
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1734
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$548
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$638
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$873
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$785
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$627
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$954
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$858
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$777
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$801
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$908
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$793
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$473
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$612
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$682
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$474
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$828
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$766
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$778
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$802
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$797
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$758
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$739
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$751
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$705
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$714
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$729
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$711
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$892
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$528
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$648