Dubai vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dubai	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2420	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5315	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$1634	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$2835	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$459	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4093	$3726
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	56
😀 Quality of life	90	91
🏙️ Population	3.94M	526K

The cost of living in Dubai is 36% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1039th and 2945th ($2420 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 156th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 203rd and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Nuremberg

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	Dubai	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.2	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.2	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13.5	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$6.31	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1988	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3617	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2237	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$94	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.46%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7290	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4052	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.64	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.52	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.09	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.5	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.5	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.2	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$829	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16876	$17866

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2183
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1214
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1457
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1080
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$796
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$2014
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1135
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1923
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$545
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$541
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$575
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$545
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1309
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1109
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1192
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$563
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$931
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$575
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1037
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$565
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$823
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$547
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$627
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$761
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$928
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$489
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$465
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$487
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$813
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$565
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$492

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