Munich vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Munich	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2332	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5652	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$1380	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$219	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3717	$714
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	78
😀 Quality of life	94	66
🏙️ Population	1.51M	12.6M

The cost of living in Munich is 347% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1056th and 8506th ($2332 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 518th 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 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 54th and 3930th 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	$17.1	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.8	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.12	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.67	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1433	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1107	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2772	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2147	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.3	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12629	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9154	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.13	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.1	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.51	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.3	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$23	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1009	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19483	$19861

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619