Munich vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$2528
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	90	52
😀 Quality of life	93	87
🏙️ Population	1.51M	686K

The cost of living in Munich is 136% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 1352nd and 5882nd ($2201 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 732nd in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Shizuoka ranked 10th in Japan, while ranked 54th and 271st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Shizuoka

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	Munich	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$8368

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083