Frankfurt vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Frankfurt	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1902	$1757
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4451	$4282
🏠 One person rent	$1097	$956
🏘️ Family rent	$1947	$1804
🍽️ Food expenses	$485	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3920	$2979
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	60
😀 Quality of life	94	90
🏙️ Population	759K	511K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 8% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 2040th and 2467th ($1902 vs $1757) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 27th in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.7 months in Nuremberg. Ranked 5th vs 23rd best cities to live in Germany, and 38th vs 131st 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	$14.2	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66	$76.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.54	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.12	$4.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.78	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.92	$3.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$677
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2055	$1508
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1525	$1419
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$203
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$273	$317
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8253	$6975
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$5812
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$3.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.2	$53.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.02	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$16.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.93	$5.41
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$8.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.38	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.4	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.7	$43.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$88.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$506	$496
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14318	$13846

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1560
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1651
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1653
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1684
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1644
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1588
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1600
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1656
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1586
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1657
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1620
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1652
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1660
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1638
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1660
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1674
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1648
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1649
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1644
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1593
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1605
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1628
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1606
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1651
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1616
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1603
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1654
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1725
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1624
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1684
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1721
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1713
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1631
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1673
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1657
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1704
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1725
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1574

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1663
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1655
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1614
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1616
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1702
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1587
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1632
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1504
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1473
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1418
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1212
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1385
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1398
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1472
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1437
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1577
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1415
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1568
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1438
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1515
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1504
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1469
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1216
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1526
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1470
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1225
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1607
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1578
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1479
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1634
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1378
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1013
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1594