Munich vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$1836
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	61
😀 Quality of life	94	83
🏙️ Population	1.51M	581K

The cost of living in Munich is 74% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 920th and 4221st ($2463 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Germany and Lithuania, respectively. Check Germany vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 61st and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Vilnius

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	Munich	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$9582

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522