Munich vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$990
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	40
😀 Quality of life	94	55
🏙️ Population	1.51M	5.94M

The cost of living in Munich is 250% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 920th and 7068th ($2463 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Germany and India, respectively. Check Germany vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Surat ranked 45th in India, while ranked 61st and 6284th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Surat

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	Munich	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$922

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$278
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$374
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$350
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$375
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$267
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$382
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$399
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$487
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$324
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$705
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$382
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$303
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$349
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$517
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$303
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$330
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$264
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$315
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$290
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$273
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$297
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$396
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$328
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$285
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$310
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$290
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$305
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$309
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$328
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$366
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$333
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$333