Douala vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Douala	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1156	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2767	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$575	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$961	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$397	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$78	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$163	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	21	56
😀 Quality of life	31	91
🏙️ Population	2.77M	526K

The cost of living in Douala is 34% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4865th and 2992nd ($1156 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 152nd 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 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Douala ranked 2nd best city to live in Cameroon vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 8755th and 131st 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	$6.41	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.7	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.8	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$604	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1078	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.33%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2049	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$995	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.2	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.35	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.91	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.51	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.31	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.11	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3455	$19685

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Cities near Douala

Distance	City	Cost of living
53 km or 33 mi	Buea	$627
54 km or 33 mi	Limbe	$738
71 km or 44 mi	Kumba	$821
108 km or 67 mi	Malabo	$1272
176 km or 110 mi	Bafoussam	$759
182 km or 113 mi	Calabar	$373
203 km or 126 mi	Yaounde	$666
216 km or 134 mi	Bamenda	$699
245 km or 152 mi	Bata	$1209
285 km or 177 mi	Aba	$591
296 km or 184 mi	Umuahia	$773
309 km or 192 mi	Port Harcourt	$559
336 km or 209 mi	Owerri	$1364
361 km or 224 mi	Enugu	$564
377 km or 234 mi	Awka	$693
400 km or 248 mi	Onitsha	$795
408 km or 253 mi	Libreville	$743
467 km or 290 mi	Warri	$786
518 km or 322 mi	Benin	$627
529 km or 328 mi	Sao Tome	$1011
536 km or 333 mi	Trindade	$1013
540 km or 335 mi	Port-Gentil	$698
563 km or 350 mi	Ngaoundere	$551
573 km or 356 mi	Owo	$531
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1375
612 km or 381 mi	Akure	$488
635 km or 395 mi	Ado Ekiti	$597
660 km or 410 mi	Jos	$760
675 km or 419 mi	Berberati	$478
683 km or 425 mi	Ife	$670
697 km or 433 mi	Bauchi	$672
702 km or 436 mi	Osogbo	$575
709 km or 441 mi	Minna	$692
712 km or 443 mi	Garoua	$601
740 km or 460 mi	Ibadan	$658
747 km or 464 mi	Lagos	$946
754 km or 469 mi	Ilorin	$518
762 km or 473 mi	Kaduna	$323
764 km or 475 mi	Oyo	$639
783 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$995

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