Lagos vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lagos	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1102	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2443	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$618	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$87.1	$3627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	47	56
😀 Quality of life	41	92
🏙️ Population	15.1M	526K

The cost of living in Lagos is 38% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4957th and 2865th ($1102 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 145th in Nigeria and Germany, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Lagos compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Lagos ranked 1st best city to live in Nigeria vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 7632nd and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lagos vs Nuremberg

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	Lagos	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.01	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.2	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$800	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$499	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1460	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$899	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.6%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1908	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.71	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.96	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.66	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.29	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.5	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.18	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.69	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.83	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.42	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.1	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$78.8	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2304	$15497

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Cities near Lagos

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 48 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
87 km or 54 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
109 km or 68 mi	Cotonou	$793
120 km or 74 mi	Ibadan	$752
165 km or 102 mi	Oyo	$664
171 km or 106 mi	Ife	$778
176 km or 109 mi	Abomey	$598
195 km or 121 mi	Osogbo	$705
203 km or 126 mi	Save	$646
217 km or 135 mi	Akure	$644
239 km or 148 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
243 km or 151 mi	Lome	$835
245 km or 152 mi	Benin	$632
254 km or 158 mi	Owo	$664
261 km or 162 mi	Ilorin	$526
278 km or 173 mi	Atakpame	$699
280 km or 174 mi	Warri	$926
310 km or 193 mi	Kpalime	$684
324 km or 201 mi	Ho	$417
332 km or 206 mi	Hohoe	$652
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$703
375 km or 233 mi	Onitsha	$1051
376 km or 234 mi	Sokode	$705
388 km or 241 mi	Tema	$600
389 km or 242 mi	Ashaiman	$630
406 km or 252 mi	Awka	$878
407 km or 253 mi	Koforidua	$668
408 km or 253 mi	Accra	$822
416 km or 258 mi	Owerri	$1774
422 km or 262 mi	Kara	$712
441 km or 274 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
452 km or 281 mi	Enugu	$563
463 km or 288 mi	Umuahia	$961
463 km or 288 mi	Aba	$674
495 km or 307 mi	Minna	$852
536 km or 333 mi	Abuja	$1514
555 km or 345 mi	Kumasi	$532
562 km or 350 mi	Obuasi	$631
570 km or 354 mi	Calabar	$397
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$576

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719