Ho Chi Minh vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ho Chi Minh	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2016	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$376	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$487	$3273
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	59
😀 Quality of life	65	91
🏙️ Population	9.39M	526K

The cost of living in Ho Chi Minh is 56% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 6739th and 2788th ($735 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 75th in Vietnam and Germany, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st best city to live in Vietnam vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 4253rd and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ho Chi Minh vs Nuremberg

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	Ho Chi Minh	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.17	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$634	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.54	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4334	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.3	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14143	$13791

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Cities near Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$530
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$425
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$494
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$678
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$454
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$514
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$507
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$526
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$504
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$516
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$531
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$634
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$535
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$644
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$516
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$573
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$677
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$427
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$685
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$584
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$593
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$393
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$752
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$781
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1576
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1567
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1547
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1540
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1581
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1666
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1528
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1533
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1488
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1322
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1489
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1249
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1330
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1444
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1440
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1498
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1445
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1567
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1466
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1544
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1627
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1566
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1419
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1541
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1172
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1456
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1560
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1274
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1594
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1589
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1433
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1613
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1476
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1098
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1557