Mashhad vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mashhad	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1312	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$172	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$293	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$250	$3627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	46	56
😀 Quality of life	57	92
🏙️ Population	3M	526K

The cost of living in Mashhad is 72% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8663rd and 2865th ($503 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 66th and 145th in Iran and Germany, respectively. Check Iran vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mashhad compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 6167th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Nuremberg

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	Mashhad	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$348	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.48	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.9	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.7	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.55%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1174	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.33	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.38	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.26	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.71	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.1	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$45.9	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$623	$15497

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684

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