Kawasaki vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kawasaki	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1399	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3286	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$674	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$1059	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$200	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2341	$3726
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	99	56
😀 Quality of life	93	91
🏙️ Population	1.54M	526K

The cost of living in Kawasaki is 21% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4342nd and 2945th ($1399 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 156th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Kawasaki compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Kawasaki ranked 4th best city to live in Japan vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 62nd and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawasaki vs Nuremberg

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	Kawasaki	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.51	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.7	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.28	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.29	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$712	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.1	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.7%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5332	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3319	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.37	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.6	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.82	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.1	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.5	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.3	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.6	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55.2	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$523	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12261	$17866

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Cities near Kawasaki

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.5 km or 0.9 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1237
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yokohama	$1343
17 km or 11 mi	Komae	$1154
19 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1698
21 km or 13 mi	Chofu	$1160
22 km or 14 mi	Yamato	$1034
22 km or 14 mi	Inagi	$1104
22 km or 14 mi	Mitaka	$1176
23 km or 14 mi	Machida	$1066
24 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1097
25 km or 15 mi	Hirai	$1084
25 km or 16 mi	Sodegaura	$1118
25 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1125
25 km or 16 mi	Musashino	$1155
26 km or 16 mi	Kamakura	$1127
26 km or 16 mi	Tama	$1073
26 km or 16 mi	Ayase	$957
26 km or 16 mi	Fuchu	$1137
27 km or 17 mi	Zama	$980
27 km or 17 mi	Zushi	$1104
27 km or 17 mi	Koganei	$1116
27 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1126
27 km or 17 mi	Nishitokyo	$1144
28 km or 17 mi	Futtsu	$1116
28 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1119
29 km or 18 mi	Ebina	$909
29 km or 18 mi	Hayama	$1100
30 km or 19 mi	Yokosuka	$1138
30 km or 19 mi	Kunitachi	$1102
30 km or 19 mi	Kokubunji	$1107
31 km or 19 mi	Wako	$1074
31 km or 19 mi	Sagamihara	$992
31 km or 19 mi	Higashikurume	$1088
31 km or 19 mi	Ichikawa	$1040
31 km or 19 mi	Kodaira	$1115
32 km or 20 mi	Atsugi	$982
32 km or 20 mi	Tachikawa	$1130
32 km or 20 mi	Funabashi	$1130
32 km or 20 mi	Kawaguchi	$1050
33 km or 20 mi	Hino	$1144

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767