Douala vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Douala	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1254	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2976	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$659	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$1122	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$415	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.6	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$3726
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	21	56
😀 Quality of life	30	91
🏙️ Population	2.77M	526K

The cost of living in Douala is 29% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4669th and 2945th ($1254 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 156th in Cameroon and Germany, respectively. Check Cameroon vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Douala compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Douala ranked 2nd best city to live in Cameroon vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 8810th and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs Nuremberg

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	Douala	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.53	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.97	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.74	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1283	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$808	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.11%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2109	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1010	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.66	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.72	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.04	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.65	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.91	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.3	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.48	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.1	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.6	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$543	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3517	$17866

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Cities near Douala

Distance	City	Cost of living
53 km or 33 mi	Buea	$641
54 km or 33 mi	Limbe	$750
71 km or 44 mi	Kumba	$834
108 km or 67 mi	Malabo	$1344
176 km or 110 mi	Bafoussam	$750
182 km or 113 mi	Calabar	$386
203 km or 126 mi	Yaounde	$668
216 km or 134 mi	Bamenda	$687
245 km or 152 mi	Bata	$1239
285 km or 177 mi	Aba	$601
296 km or 184 mi	Umuahia	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Port Harcourt	$618
336 km or 209 mi	Owerri	$1555
361 km or 224 mi	Enugu	$587
377 km or 234 mi	Awka	$785
400 km or 248 mi	Onitsha	$922
408 km or 253 mi	Libreville	$745
467 km or 290 mi	Warri	$878
518 km or 322 mi	Benin	$655
529 km or 328 mi	Sao Tome	$1042
536 km or 333 mi	Trindade	$1042
540 km or 335 mi	Port-Gentil	$699
563 km or 350 mi	Ngaoundere	$550
573 km or 356 mi	Owo	$594
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1551
612 km or 381 mi	Akure	$578
635 km or 395 mi	Ado Ekiti	$631
660 km or 410 mi	Jos	$830
675 km or 419 mi	Berberati	$492
683 km or 425 mi	Ife	$775
697 km or 433 mi	Bauchi	$750
702 km or 436 mi	Osogbo	$659
709 km or 441 mi	Minna	$785
712 km or 443 mi	Garoua	$608
740 km or 460 mi	Ibadan	$759
747 km or 464 mi	Lagos	$1022
754 km or 469 mi	Ilorin	$538
762 km or 473 mi	Kaduna	$353
764 km or 475 mi	Oyo	$665
783 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1017

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767