Abu Dhabi vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4670	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$1489	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$2612	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.8	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2773	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	51	56
😀 Quality of life	85	91
🏙️ Population	1.57M	526K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 22% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1650th and 2992nd ($2133 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 152nd in the United Arab Emirates and Germany, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 424th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Nuremberg

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	Abu Dhabi	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.11	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.9	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1728	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1197	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3067	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2202	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.64%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4681	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8556	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.63	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.55	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.56	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.22	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.9	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.1	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14421	$19685

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2470
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1543
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1455
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2356
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1173
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2100
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$2015
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$797
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1082
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1062
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1218
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1193
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$494
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$965
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1059
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$497
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$778
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$917
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$521
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$505
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$454
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$457
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$485
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$471
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$530
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$514
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$700
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$559
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$459
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1628
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$469

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729