Islamabad vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$199	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$3273
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	69	59
😀 Quality of life	49	91
🏙️ Population	1.01M	526K

The cost of living in Islamabad is 74% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8870th and 2788th ($442 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 75th in Pakistan and Germany, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 6313th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Nuremberg

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	Islamabad	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$13791

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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