Munich vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	90	98
😀 Quality of life	94	95
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.97M

The cost of living in Munich is 16% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 920th and 1640th ($2463 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Germany and Austria, respectively. Check Germany vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 61st and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Vienna

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	Munich	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946