Munich vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Munich	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2332	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5652	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1380	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$219	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3717	$831
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	53
😀 Quality of life	94	50
🏙️ Population	1.51M	8.78M

The cost of living in Munich is 250% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1056th and 7155th ($2332 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 142nd 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 54th and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Quanzhou

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	Munich	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.8	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.12	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.67	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1433	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1107	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2772	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2147	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.3	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12629	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9154	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.13	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.1	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.51	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.3	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$23	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1009	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19483	$22902

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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

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014