Munich vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$1362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	90	73
😀 Quality of life	93	81
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.87M

The cost of living in Munich is 171% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1352nd and 6380th ($2201 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 54th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Tainan

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	Munich	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$6108

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682