Nuremberg vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nuremberg	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1767	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4215	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$898	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$582	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3627	$969
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	56	96
😀 Quality of life	92	78
🏙️ Population	526K	17.5M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 101% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 2865th and 6334th ($1767 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 145th and 17th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Nuremberg compared to 1.1 months in Shenzhen. Nuremberg ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 132nd and 1094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nuremberg vs Shenzhen

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	Nuremberg	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.5	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.6	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.39	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.88	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$868	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$608	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1598	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$297	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.2	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7384	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4983	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.09	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.25	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.2	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.1	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.3	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.5	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$510	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15497	$22402

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Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634