Birmingham vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$3273
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	59
😀 Quality of life	94	91
🏙️ Population	1.14M	526K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 17% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1973rd and 2788th ($1951 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 75th 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 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 35th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Birmingham	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$13791

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748

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