Munich vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$1935
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$470
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$67
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$1162
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	81
😀 Quality of life	94	74
🏙️ Population	1.51M	13.9M

The cost of living in Munich is 270% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 863rd and 7400th ($2525 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 83rd in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Munich compared to 1.7 months in Tianjin. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 44th and 2024th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Tianjin

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	Munich	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$23.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$294
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$206
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$528
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$40.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$62.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$7.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$5320
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$2347
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$9.85
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$4.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$18.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$5.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$5.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$16.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$7.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$60.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$3.49
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$37.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$577
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$16559

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714

Cities near Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$672
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$740
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$666
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$645
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$800
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$623
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$720
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1108
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$764
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$666
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$576
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$574
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$697
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$480
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$599
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$648
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$541
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$525
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$511
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$556
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$480
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$759
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$722
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$668
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$589
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$541
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$541
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$541
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$646
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$549
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$579
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$582
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$521
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$680
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$576
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$546