Nuremberg vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nuremberg	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1672	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4194	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$877	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1732	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3273	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	59	54
😀 Quality of life	91	66
🏙️ Population	526K	8.78M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 160% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2788th and 7256th ($1672 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 75th and 118th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Nuremberg compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Nuremberg ranked 20th best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 107th and 4015th 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	$15.8	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.2	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.21	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.95	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.72	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$599	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1350	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$290	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.2	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6830	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5673	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.62	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.31	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.72	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.61	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.2	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.7	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$480	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13791	$20567

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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

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936