Nuremberg vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nuremberg	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1757	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4282	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$956	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$1804	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2979	$1455
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	100
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	511K	24.9M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 48% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2467th and 4461st ($1757 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 6th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Nuremberg compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Nuremberg ranked 23rd best city to live in Germany vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 131st and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nuremberg vs Shanghai

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	Nuremberg	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.3	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.31	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.97	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.67	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$802	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$677	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1508	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1419	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$317	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6975	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5812	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.3	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.92	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.41	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.81	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.8	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$496	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13846	$28143

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Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1663
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1655
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1614
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1616
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1702
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1587
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1632
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1504
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1473
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1418
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1212
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1385
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1398
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1472
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1437
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1577
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1415
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1568
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1438
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1515
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1504
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1469
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1216
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1526
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1470
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1225
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1607
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1578
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1479
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1634
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1378
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1013
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1594

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740