Nuremberg vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nuremberg	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1757	$939
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4282	$2825
🏠 One person rent	$956	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$1804	$1181
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$94.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2979	$1524
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	96
😀 Quality of life	90	80
🏙️ Population	511K	17.5M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 87% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 2467th and 5744th ($1757 vs $939) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 16th 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 1.6 months in Shenzhen. Nuremberg ranked 23rd best city to live in Germany vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 131st and 460th 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	$16.3	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.3	$27.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.31	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.97	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.67	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$802	$650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$677	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1508	$1719
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1419	$954
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$317	$60
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$14.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6975	$12768
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5812	$7264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.3	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$4.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.92	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.41	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.81	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$7.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.8	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$496	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13846	$24305

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2410
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$618
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$589
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1565
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$481
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$837
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$742
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$575
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1083
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$816
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$891
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$781
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$830
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$876
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$738
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$856
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$716
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$799
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$588
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$824
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$774
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$785
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$831
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$857
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$812
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$752
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$806
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$735
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$721
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$620
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$851
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$525
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$584