Manchester vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$3273
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	59
😀 Quality of life	92	91
🏙️ Population	548K	526K

The cost of living in Manchester is 24% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1662nd and 2788th ($2071 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 75th 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 months in Nuremberg. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 85th and 107th 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	$16.7	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$13791

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681

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