Kyoto vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyoto	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1148	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$437	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$1169	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$412	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$202	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1866	$3273
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	39 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	59
😀 Quality of life	91	91
🏙️ Population	1.46M	526K

The cost of living in Kyoto is 31% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4641st and 2788th ($1148 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 67th and 75th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Kyoto compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Kyoto ranked 6th best city to live in Japan vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 112th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyoto vs Nuremberg

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	Kyoto	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.8	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.35	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1602	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$896	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.8	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5311	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5383	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.3	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.1	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.04	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.14	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.72	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.1	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7056	$13791

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Cities near Kyoto

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.6 mi	Otsu	$1048
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Muko	$1013
12 km or 7.2 mi	Nagaokakyo	$1010
15 km or 9.1 mi	Uji	$1027
16 km or 10 mi	Yawata	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Shimamoto	$1026
18 km or 11 mi	Joyo	$1014
18 km or 11 mi	Kameoka	$1026
18 km or 11 mi	Kusatsu	$1007
21 km or 13 mi	Ritto	$1001
21 km or 13 mi	Moriyama	$1004
22 km or 14 mi	Kyotanabe	$1016
23 km or 14 mi	Takatsuki	$1087
24 km or 15 mi	Hirakata	$1091
24 km or 15 mi	Yasu	$1005
26 km or 16 mi	Katano	$1039
28 km or 17 mi	Seika	$998
28 km or 18 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
29 km or 18 mi	Konan	$1005
29 km or 18 mi	Nantan	$1030
30 km or 19 mi	Neyagawa	$1100
31 km or 19 mi	Kizugawa	$988
32 km or 20 mi	Settsu	$1142
32 km or 20 mi	Shijonawate	$1065
33 km or 20 mi	Omihachiman	$1005
34 km or 21 mi	Minoh	$1059
35 km or 22 mi	Kadoma	$1101
36 km or 22 mi	Suita	$1302
36 km or 22 mi	Daito	$1065
36 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Ikoma	$1009
37 km or 23 mi	Nara	$1008
37 km or 23 mi	Koka	$1001
37 km or 23 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
37 km or 23 mi	Ikeda	$1046
38 km or 24 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
38 km or 24 mi	Inagawa	$1045
40 km or 25 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
40 km or 25 mi	Yamatokoriyama	$979
41 km or 26 mi	Itami	$1062

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