Nairobi vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nairobi	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$807	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$305	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$518	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$228	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	67	56
😀 Quality of life	59	91
🏙️ Population	5.55M	526K

The cost of living in Nairobi is 54% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 6736th and 2992nd ($807 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 152nd in Kenya and Germany, respectively. Check Kenya vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Nairobi compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 6034th and 131st 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	$5.36	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.7	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.22	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$383	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$704	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$371	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.4	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.3	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.79%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$900	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.8	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.69	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.7	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.8	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10471	$19685

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$448
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$415
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$532
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$543
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$618
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$540
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$549
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$524
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$603
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$624
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$563
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$611
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$573
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$613
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$533
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$635
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$697
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$531
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$495
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$546
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$586
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$417
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$591
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$688
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$671
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$872
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$688
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$541
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$583
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$810
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$553
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$689
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$447
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$691
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$690
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$577
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$533
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$795

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