Hefei vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hefei	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$643	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1702	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$216	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$243	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$927	$3627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	56
😀 Quality of life	69	92
🏙️ Population	9.37M	526K

The cost of living in Hefei is 64% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7469th and 2865th ($643 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 101st and 145th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hefei compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Hefei ranked 35th best city to live in China vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 4318th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Nuremberg

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	Hefei	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.1	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.54%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3665	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2183	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.3	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.42	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.1	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9056	$15497

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663

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