Bremen City vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bremen City	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1799	$4051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4131	$8925
🏠 One person rent	$969	$2620
🏘️ Family rent	$1626	$4454
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$807
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$399
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3550	$5777
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	100
😀 Quality of life	90	97
🏙️ Population	569K	8.8M

The cost of living in Bremen City is 56% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 2502nd and 5th ($1799 vs $4051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 3rd in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Bremen City compared to 1.4 months in New York City. Bremen City ranked 25th best city to live in Germany vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 136th and 13th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bremen City vs New York City infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bremen/new-york.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bremen City vs New York City infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bremen/new-york" target="_blank">Bremen City vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bremen City vs New York City

Prices for goods and services in Bremen City and New York City are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bremen City	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$24.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$111
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$9.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$6.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$3.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$2702
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$683	$2361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1411	$5005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1229	$3996
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$308	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.5	$69.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	6.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5215	$19111
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4930	$3215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.33	$2.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.1	$138
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.2	$27.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.97	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.2	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$6.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.67	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.3	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$5.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$5.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$5.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$3.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.21	$17.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.2	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.94	$10
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.9	$7.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.1	$144
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$19.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.2	$156
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$25.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$490	$1717
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10048	$20585

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bremen City

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Delmenhorst	$1551
17 km or 10 mi	Achim	$1547
17 km or 10 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1557
18 km or 11 mi	Syke	$1539
33 km or 21 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1546
40 km or 25 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1543
40 km or 25 mi	Oldenburg	$1588
52 km or 32 mi	Vechta	$1501
52 km or 32 mi	Nordenham	$1584
55 km or 34 mi	Bremerhaven	$1627
55 km or 34 mi	Nienburg	$1569
57 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1554
57 km or 36 mi	Varel	$1597
57 km or 36 mi	Cloppenburg	$1525
60 km or 37 mi	Lohne	$1472
62 km or 39 mi	Geestland	$1555
63 km or 39 mi	Westerstede	$1576
64 km or 40 mi	Friesoythe	$1555
66 km or 41 mi	Wilhelmshaven	$1613
69 km or 43 mi	Soltau	$1538
73 km or 45 mi	Stade	$1520
74 km or 46 mi	Buxtehude	$1515
76 km or 47 mi	Schortens	$1597
77 km or 48 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1633
78 km or 48 mi	Petershagen	$1484
79 km or 49 mi	Espelkamp	$1487
82 km or 51 mi	Wedel	$1581
84 km or 52 mi	Wunstorf	$1636
86 km or 54 mi	Lubbecke	$1495
88 km or 55 mi	Stadthagen	$1607
88 km or 55 mi	Wittmund	$1577
88 km or 55 mi	Minden	$1456
88 km or 55 mi	Cuxhaven	$1547
90 km or 56 mi	Garbsen	$1675
92 km or 57 mi	Leer	$1551
92 km or 57 mi	Pinneberg	$1579
92 km or 57 mi	Seelze	$1678
93 km or 58 mi	Bramsche	$1360
94 km or 58 mi	Elmshorn	$1566
95 km or 59 mi	Langenhagen	$1689

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108