Barcelona vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$3273
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	98	59
😀 Quality of life	87	91
🏙️ Population	1.7M	526K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 10% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 2276th and 2788th ($1841 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 75th in Spain and Germany, respectively. Check Spain vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 270th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Nuremberg

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	Barcelona	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$13791

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1576
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1567
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1547
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1540
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1581
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1666
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1528
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1533
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1488
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1322
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1489
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1249
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1330
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1444
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1440
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1498
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1445
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1567
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1466
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1544
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1627
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1566
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1419
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1541
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1172
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1456
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1560
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1274
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1594
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1589
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1433
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1613
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1476
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1098
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1557