Munich vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$575
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	77
😀 Quality of life	94	68
🏙️ Population	1.51M	12.6M

The cost of living in Munich is 389% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 920th and 8651st ($2463 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 491st in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 61st and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Zhengzhou

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	Munich	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$19556

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563