Lyon vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lyon	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1608	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3946	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$777	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$1432	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3068	$3717
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	93	91
😀 Quality of life	90	94
🏙️ Population	522K	1.51M

The cost of living in Lyon is 31% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 3218th and 1056th ($1608 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 1st in France and Germany, respectively. Check France vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Lyon compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Lyon ranked 4th best city to live in France vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 156th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lyon vs Munich

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	Lyon	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.48	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.41	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$845	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1554	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1129	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.75%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6432	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4491	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.7	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.4	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.2	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.86	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.7	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14265	$19483

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Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1622
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1139
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1287
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1413
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1559
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1448
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1272
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1473
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1563
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3120
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$3090
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$3094
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3152
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3322
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1278
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1261
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1617
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1102
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3364
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1363
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1795
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2871
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2890
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1372
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3257
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2940
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1554
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1149
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1364
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1364
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2823
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1426
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$2052
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2424
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2738
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2373
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1301
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1407
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1502
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2592

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668