Moscow vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$959	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$3726
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	56
😀 Quality of life	72	91
🏙️ Population	13.3M	526K

The cost of living in Moscow is 11% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 3728th and 2945th ($1585 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 156th 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 24th in Germany, while ranked 3206th and 150th 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	$13.2	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$17866

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767