Munich vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$969
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	94	78
🏙️ Population	1.51M	17.5M

The cost of living in Munich is 181% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 920th and 6334th ($2463 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th 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 1.1 months in Shenzhen. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 61st and 1094th 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	$19.1	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634