Manchester vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manchester	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2348	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5497	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$1452	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$2508	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$3888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	56
😀 Quality of life	92	91
🏙️ Population	548K	526K

The cost of living in Manchester is 34% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1193rd and 2992nd ($2348 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 152nd in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Manchester ranked 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 84th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Nuremberg

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	Manchester	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.3	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.4	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.78	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1619	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2982	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$280	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4975	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4650	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.2	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.01	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.9	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.3	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1414	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20557	$19685

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2043
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1975
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2025
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1993
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1689
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1784
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1987
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2022
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1742
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1832
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1682
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1885
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1890
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1501
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1961
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1827
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1694
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1733
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1774
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1847
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1922
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1808
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1853
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1559
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1942
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1948
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2035
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1860
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1854
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1831

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729