Nairobi vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nairobi	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$760	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2089	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$262	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$281	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$399	$3273
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	68	59
😀 Quality of life	59	91
🏙️ Population	5.55M	526K

The cost of living in Nairobi is 55% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 6622nd and 2788th ($760 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 75th in Kenya and Germany, respectively. Check Kenya vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Nairobi compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 5369th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nairobi vs Nuremberg

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	Nairobi	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.45	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.6	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.64	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1080	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$418	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.1	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.8%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1743	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$998	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.33	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.08	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.6	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.14	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.17	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$187	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7984	$13791

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$589
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$408
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$500
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$541
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$638
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$561
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$483
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$522
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$490
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$602
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$605
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$498
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$580
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$562
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$625
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$545
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$646
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$698
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$502
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$552
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$486
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$594
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$650
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$613
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$771
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$648
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$573
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$518
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$801
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$648
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$413
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$651
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$648
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$585
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$479
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$785

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