Munich vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	90	52
😀 Quality of life	94	89
🏙️ Population	1.51M	686K

The cost of living in Munich is 140% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 920th and 5380th ($2463 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 315th 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 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 61st and 291st 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	$19.1	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$19584

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068