Manchester vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$3627
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	56
😀 Quality of life	93	92
🏙️ Population	548K	526K

The cost of living in Manchester is 28% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1330th and 2865th ($2265 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 145th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 107th and 132nd 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	$17.3	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$15497

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804

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