Cologne vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$947	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$3273
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	59
😀 Quality of life	96	91
🏙️ Population	1.09M	526K

The cost of living in Cologne is 4% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 2551st and 2788th ($1744 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 75th in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Ranked 2nd vs 20th best cities to live in Germany, and 12th vs 107th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Nuremberg

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	Cologne	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$13791

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

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