Glasgow vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$3627
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	56
😀 Quality of life	95	92
🏙️ Population	626K	526K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 16% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1833rd and 2865th ($2058 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 145th 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 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 52nd and 132nd 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	$19.9	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$15497

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719