Nuremberg vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nuremberg	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1777	$3507
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4303	$7962
🏠 One person rent	$873	$2395
🏘️ Family rent	$1471	$4150
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3726	$5553
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	56	86
😀 Quality of life	91	91
🏙️ Population	526K	1.39M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 49% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 2945th and 50th ($1777 vs $3507) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 156th and 38th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Nuremberg compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Nuremberg ranked 24th best city to live in Germany vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 150th and 137th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/nuremberg/san-diego.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Nuremberg vs San Diego infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/nuremberg/san-diego" target="_blank">Nuremberg vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Nuremberg vs San Diego

Prices for goods and services in Nuremberg and San Diego are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Nuremberg	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88	$86.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.28	$8.74
☕ Cappuccino	$4.47	$6.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$859	$2519
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$615	$2068
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1521	$4514
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1084	$3653
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$253
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.8	$71.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7454	$8566
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4228	$6843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.4	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.5	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$3.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$3.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.8	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$4.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$4.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.3	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$9.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$5.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$62.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.9	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$30.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1998
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17866	$26517

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3220
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3053
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2995
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2995
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2963
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2933
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$3033
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3040
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1295
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2948
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2995
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3243
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1141
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1138
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3261
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2995
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3245
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2976
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3251
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2927
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2676
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2963
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3070
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$3030
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2758
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3085
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2815
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3513
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3122
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2621
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$968
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2669
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3544
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3027
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2980
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3449
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2554
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2767
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2697
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2804