Munich vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	40
😀 Quality of life	93	48
🏙️ Population	1.51M	5.94M

The cost of living in Munich is 186% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1352nd and 6559th ($2201 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.6 months in Surat. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 54th and 6336th 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	$16.2	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340