Birmingham vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Birmingham	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$1974	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3365	$3627
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	56
😀 Quality of life	95	92
🏙️ Population	1.14M	526K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 21% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1622nd and 2865th ($2137 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 65th and 145th in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Birmingham compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 48th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Nuremberg

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	Birmingham	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.83	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$939	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5209	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1583	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$15497

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719