Munich vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Munich	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2188	$1217
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5197	$2927
🏠 One person rent	$1327	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$1159
🍽️ Food expenses	$507	$396
🚐 Transport expenses	$203	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3867	$1017
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	91	49
😀 Quality of life	94	58
🏙️ Population	1.49M	1.48M

The cost of living in Munich is 80% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 1315th and 4389th ($2188 vs $1217) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Germany and Mexico, respectively. Check Germany vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Munich compared to 0.8 months in Zapopan. Munich ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Zapopan ranked 4th in Mexico, while ranked 48th and 5642nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Zapopan

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	Munich	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.78	$2.36
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$1.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1411	$819
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1028	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2472	$1657
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1982	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$276	$91.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.53%	12.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11808	$4200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8614	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.02	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.2	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$7.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.8	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.5	$64.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$922	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$5586

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1035
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$785
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$873
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$867
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$865
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$854
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$818
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$846
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$672
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$818
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$681
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$812
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1303
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$881
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$789
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$912
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$774
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$741
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$830
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$763
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1094
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$1076
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$707
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$812
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$630
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$774
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$765
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$682
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$784
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$984
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$996
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$900
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$915
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$793
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$994
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1185
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$781