Nuremberg vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nuremberg	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1777	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4303	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$873	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$1471	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3726	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	56	49
😀 Quality of life	91	71
🏙️ Population	526K	8.78M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 181% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2945th and 7679th ($1777 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 156th and 137th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Nuremberg compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Nuremberg ranked 24th best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 150th and 3611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nuremberg vs Quanzhou

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	Nuremberg	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.28	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.47	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$859	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$615	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1521	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1084	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.8	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7454	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4228	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.4	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.5	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.8	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.3	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.9	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17866	$9536

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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

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943