Chengdu vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chengdu	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$623	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1664	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$240	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.8	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$3273
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	59
😀 Quality of life	72	91
🏙️ Population	20.9M	526K

The cost of living in Chengdu is 63% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7421st and 2788th ($623 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 164th and 75th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Chengdu compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Chengdu ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 1890th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chengdu vs Nuremberg

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	Chengdu	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$595	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.5	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.7	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.34%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3812	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2020	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.02	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.9	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$305	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11550	$13791

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Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574

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