Changsha vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Changsha	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$592	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1571	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$202	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$869	$3627
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	56
😀 Quality of life	72	92
🏙️ Population	10M	526K

The cost of living in Changsha is 67% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7882nd and 2865th ($592 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 200th and 145th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Changsha compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Changsha ranked 19th best city to live in China vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 3381st and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Changsha vs Nuremberg 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/changsha/nuremberg.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Changsha vs Nuremberg infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/changsha/nuremberg" target="_blank">Changsha vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Changsha vs Nuremberg

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

	Changsha	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.81	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$188	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$338	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$279	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.7	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.64%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2162	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3816	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.49	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.33	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.59	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.5	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.91	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.1	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.06	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$85	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$322	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7438	$15497

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$527
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$569
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$571
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$584
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$612
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$584
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$595
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$564
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$618
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$572
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$622
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$487
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$547
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$603
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$587
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$511
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$593
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$590
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$625
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$660
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$599
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$596
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$548
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$750
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$534
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$609
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$638
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$526
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$639
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$671
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$571
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$632
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$585
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$646
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$598
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$546

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