Nairobi vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nairobi	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2043	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$286	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$478	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$286	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$3627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	68	56
😀 Quality of life	58	92
🏙️ Population	5.55M	526K

The cost of living in Nairobi is 54% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 6622nd and 2865th ($811 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 145th in Kenya and Germany, respectively. Check Kenya vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Nairobi compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 6071st and 132nd 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	$5.85	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.8	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.33	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.45	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$726	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.4	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.9	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1979	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.43	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.66	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.51	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.64	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.73	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.16	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.6	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.42	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.7	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$225	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8707	$15497

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$460
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$420
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$503
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$549
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$612
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$533
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$528
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$543
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$511
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$623
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$654
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$596
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$582
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$656
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$552
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$658
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$717
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$578
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$526
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$567
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$609
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$421
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$627
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$687
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$597
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$758
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$687
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$567
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$524
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$833
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$499
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$686
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$412
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$689
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$688
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$617
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$491
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$820

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