Frankfurt vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$3273
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	59
😀 Quality of life	94	91
🏙️ Population	776K	526K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 19% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1863rd and 2788th ($1989 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 75th in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Ranked 7th vs 20th best cities to live in Germany, and 47th vs 107th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Nuremberg

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	Frankfurt	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$13791

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595

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