Moscow vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Moscow	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1678	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4001	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$1006	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$1773	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1104	$3888
😷 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 4% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 3277th and 2992nd ($1678 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 152nd in Russia and Germany, respectively. Check Russia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Moscow compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 2774th and 131st 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	$11.9	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1440	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2602	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1335	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.22	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.51%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11458	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4987	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.54	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.04	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.59	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$788	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20160	$19685

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729