Kathmandu vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$131	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$3273
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	59
😀 Quality of life	46	91
🏙️ Population	846K	526K

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 75% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8918th and 2788th ($419 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 75th in Nepal and Germany, respectively. Check Nepal vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 6495th and 107th 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	$1.44	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$13791

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Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

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