Chiba vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Chiba	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1232	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3040	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$548	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$942	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$388	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1547	$3888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	56
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	975K	526K

The cost of living in Chiba is 30% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4681st and 2992nd ($1232 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 152nd in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Chiba compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Chiba ranked 47th best city to live in Japan vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 903rd and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chiba vs Nuremberg

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	Chiba	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$696	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$413	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1141	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$755	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.8	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.7	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.8	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4461	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3779	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.2	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.73	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.3	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.9	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.4	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.4	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.1	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13106	$19685

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1083
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1086
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1073
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1119
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1039
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1080
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1016
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1033
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1033
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1040
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1062
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1094
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1051
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1070
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1010
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1034
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1074
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1084
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$999
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1044
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1013
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1041
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1038
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1037
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1090
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1028
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1016
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1075
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1199
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1032
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1358
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1679
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1085
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1034

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729