Nuremberg vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nuremberg	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1672	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4194	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$877	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1732	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3273	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	59	73
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	526K	1.96M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 39% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 2788th and 4470th ($1672 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 75th and 39th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Nuremberg compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Nuremberg ranked 20th best city to live in Germany vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 107th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nuremberg vs Sapporo

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	Nuremberg	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.2	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.21	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.95	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.72	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$599	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1350	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$290	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.2	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6830	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5673	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.62	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.31	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.72	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.61	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.2	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.7	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$480	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13791	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088