Dubai vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$3273
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	59
😀 Quality of life	87	91
🏙️ Population	3.33M	526K

The cost of living in Dubai is 42% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 989th and 2788th ($2379 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 75th in the United Arab Emirates and Germany, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 288th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dubai	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$13791

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536

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