Kawasaki vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawasaki	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1249	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3397	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$545	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$1197	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$191	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2537	$3273
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	99	59
😀 Quality of life	81	91
🏙️ Population	1.54M	526K

The cost of living in Kawasaki is 25% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4340th and 2788th ($1249 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 75th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawasaki compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Kawasaki ranked 13th best city to live in Japan vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 497th and 107th 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	$6.1	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.47	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.44	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$584	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$364	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$968	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6533	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3250	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.41	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.07	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.7	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.44	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.62	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.66	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.1	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.2	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$543	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15204	$13791

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Cities near Kawasaki

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.5 km or 0.9 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yokohama	$1335
17 km or 11 mi	Komae	$1124
19 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
21 km or 13 mi	Chofu	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Yamato	$1039
22 km or 14 mi	Inagi	$1084
22 km or 14 mi	Mitaka	$1150
23 km or 14 mi	Machida	$1091
24 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
25 km or 15 mi	Hirai	$1089
25 km or 16 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
25 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
25 km or 16 mi	Musashino	$1136
26 km or 16 mi	Kamakura	$1012
26 km or 16 mi	Tama	$1065
26 km or 16 mi	Ayase	$960
26 km or 16 mi	Fuchu	$1122
27 km or 17 mi	Zama	$1023
27 km or 17 mi	Zushi	$1028
27 km or 17 mi	Koganei	$1103
27 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1143
27 km or 17 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
28 km or 17 mi	Futtsu	$1077
28 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1080
29 km or 18 mi	Ebina	$908
29 km or 18 mi	Hayama	$1045
30 km or 19 mi	Yokosuka	$1125
30 km or 19 mi	Kunitachi	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Kokubunji	$1099
31 km or 19 mi	Wako	$1098
31 km or 19 mi	Sagamihara	$1042
31 km or 19 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
31 km or 19 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Kodaira	$1124
32 km or 20 mi	Atsugi	$948
32 km or 20 mi	Tachikawa	$1109
32 km or 20 mi	Funabashi	$1231
32 km or 20 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
33 km or 20 mi	Hino	$1116

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