Munich vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$1146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	90	70
😀 Quality of life	93	68
🏙️ Population	1.51M	12.7M

The cost of living in Munich is 154% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1352nd and 6198th ($2201 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 54th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Suzhou

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	Munich	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613