Moscow vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$864	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$3627
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	56
😀 Quality of life	73	92
🏙️ Population	13.3M	526K

The cost of living in Moscow is 19% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4141st and 2865th ($1438 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 145th in Russia and Germany, respectively. Check Russia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 2664th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Nuremberg

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	Moscow	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$15497

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

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