Glasgow vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$3726
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	56
😀 Quality of life	94	91
🏙️ Population	626K	526K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 19% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1712th and 2945th ($2121 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 156th in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 42nd and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Nuremberg

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	Glasgow	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$17866

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

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