Guangzhou vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Guangzhou	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$782	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2063	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$354	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.2	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$829	$3726
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	56
😀 Quality of life	74	91
🏙️ Population	18.7M	526K

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 56% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 6835th and 2945th ($782 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 156th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Guangzhou compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Guangzhou ranked 7th best city to live in China vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 2285th and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Nuremberg

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	Guangzhou	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.86	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.6	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.05	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$532	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$951	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$445	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.7	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.7	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.62%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8986	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.5	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.89	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.57	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.46	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.71	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.72	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.1	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.67	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.3	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.6	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16938	$17866

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$666
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$848
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$795
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$534
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$674
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$844
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1718
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$621
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$832
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2415
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$765
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$807
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$896
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$816
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$760
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$943
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$769
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$790
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$789
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$730
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$589
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$673
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$464
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$738
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$814
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$465
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$602
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$699
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$533
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$638
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$587
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$608
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$609
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$698
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$694

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