Chiba vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chiba	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1251	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3033	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$569	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1995	$3627
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	56
😀 Quality of life	81	92
🏙️ Population	975K	526K

The cost of living in Chiba is 29% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4599th and 2865th ($1251 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 145th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Chiba compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Chiba ranked 26th best city to live in Japan vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 723rd and 132nd 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	$5.83	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.11	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$772	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$417	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$735	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.8	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.98%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5524	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3921	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.6	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.5	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.02	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.99	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.6	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.6	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.3	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$270	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18267	$15497

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1065
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1071
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1072
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1067
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1117
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1034
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1068
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1006
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1027
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1021
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1025
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1047
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1073
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1046
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1001
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1021
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1055
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1024
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$985
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1035
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1004
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1076
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1034
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1005
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1068
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1014
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1006
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1047
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1198
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1025
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1354
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1698
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1067
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1016

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