Kathmandu vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kathmandu	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$134	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$232	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.6	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$148	$3888
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	29	56
😀 Quality of life	47	91
🏙️ Population	846K	526K

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 76% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8916th and 2992nd ($424 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 152nd in Nepal and Germany, respectively. Check Nepal vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kathmandu compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 6934th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Nuremberg

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	Kathmandu	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$1.77	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$181	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.1	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$332	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$156	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20.9	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.99	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.29%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2304	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1340	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.78	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.63	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.61	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.64	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.14	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.33	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.65	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$66.9	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4078	$19685

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Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$336
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$288
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$317
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$287
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$386
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$263
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$303
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$293
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$264
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$303
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$270
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$245
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$282
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$274
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$266
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$255
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$287
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$960
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$264
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$437
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$289
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$320
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$412
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$291
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$288
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$307
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$326
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$274
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$268
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$348
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$354
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$289
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$288
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$272
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$330
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$297
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$339

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729