Hangzhou vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hangzhou	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$860	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2401	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$405	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.5	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$912	$3726
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	84	56
😀 Quality of life	72	91
🏙️ Population	11.9M	526K

The cost of living in Hangzhou is 52% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 6527th and 2945th ($860 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th 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 Hangzhou compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Hangzhou ranked 18th best city to live in China vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 3360th and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hangzhou vs Nuremberg

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	Hangzhou	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.7	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.12	$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	$522	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$964	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$566	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.3	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8066	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4023	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.57	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.99	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.24	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.8	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.66	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.34	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.1	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.5	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29918	$17866

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Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$680
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$594
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$652
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$667
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$644
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$782
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$684
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$598
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$671
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$652
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$683
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$665
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1126
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$669
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$644
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1002
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$623
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$661
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$650
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$628
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$617
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$636
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$697
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$604
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$557
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$620
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$680
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$626
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$636
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$611
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$701
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$669
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$646
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$765

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