Nuremberg vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nuremberg	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1753	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4305	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$874	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$1508	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$578	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3888	$1115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	56	73
😀 Quality of life	91	74
🏙️ Population	526K	1.06M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 74% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2992nd and 5531st ($1753 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 152nd and 360th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Nuremberg compared to 1.1 months in Sendai. Nuremberg ranked 25th best city to live in Germany vs Sendai ranked 228th in Japan, while ranked 131st and 2040th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nuremberg vs Sendai

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	Nuremberg	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.5	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.24	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.34	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.04	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$836	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$591	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1531	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1084	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7307	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3825	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.37	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.5	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.09	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.05	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.2	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.3	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$664	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19685	$4242

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Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014