Boston vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Boston	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3547	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7979	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$2453	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$4007	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5732	$3273
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	59
😀 Quality of life	91	91
🏙️ Population	676K	526K

The cost of living in Boston is 112% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 24th and 2788th ($3547 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 75th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Boston compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Boston ranked 17th best city to live in the United States vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 103rd and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Boston	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.6	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.36	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$5.8	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2794	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2107	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5075	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3386	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$215	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10352	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5877	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.1	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.95	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.67	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.78	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.78	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.02	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.05	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.2	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.2	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$195	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.8	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2725	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31112	$13791

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Cities near Boston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Cambridge	$3805
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Chelsea	$3101
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Somerville	$3627
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Everett	$2936
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Brookline	$3088
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Revere	$2948
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Malden	$2922
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Medford	$2320
10 km or 6.2 mi	Belmont	$2943
10 km or 6.2 mi	Arlington	$2834
10 km or 6.2 mi	Watertown	$2906
11 km or 6.9 mi	Melrose	$2803
12 km or 7.5 mi	Milton	$2939
12 km or 7.5 mi	Winchester	$2710
12 km or 7.7 mi	Newton	$2784
13 km or 7.8 mi	Saugus	$2883
13 km or 8.1 mi	Quincy	$3131
14 km or 8.6 mi	Stoneham	$2740
14 km or 8.9 mi	Waltham	$2813
15 km or 9.4 mi	Lynn	$3088
15 km or 9.5 mi	Woburn	$2601
16 km or 9.6 mi	Dedham	$2873
16 km or 10 mi	Needham	$2824
16 km or 10 mi	Lexington	$2774
16 km or 10 mi	Wakefield	$2783
18 km or 11 mi	Braintree	$2934
18 km or 11 mi	Weymouth	$2922
19 km or 12 mi	Reading	$2732
19 km or 12 mi	Hingham	$2882
20 km or 12 mi	Burlington	$2403
20 km or 13 mi	Wellesley	$2805
21 km or 13 mi	Norwood	$2844
22 km or 14 mi	Peabody	$2851
22 km or 14 mi	Randolph	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Salem	$3022
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmington	$2592
23 km or 14 mi	Marblehead	$2848
23 km or 14 mi	Canton	$2833
25 km or 16 mi	Natick	$2861
26 km or 16 mi	Stoughton	$2825

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