Munich vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$680
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	78
😀 Quality of life	93	66
🏙️ Population	1.51M	12.6M

The cost of living in Munich is 330% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1352nd and 8544th ($2201 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 54th and 3982nd 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	$16.2	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$19343

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591