Nuremberg vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nuremberg	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1753	$995
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4305	$2526
🏠 One person rent	$874	$552
🏘️ Family rent	$1508	$975
🍽️ Food expenses	$578	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$87.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3888	$938
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	56	95
😀 Quality of life	91	76
🏙️ Population	526K	17.5M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 76% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 2992nd and 5618th ($1753 vs $995) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 152nd and 10th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Nuremberg compared to 0.9 months in Shenzhen. Nuremberg ranked 25th best city to live in Germany vs Shenzhen ranked 4th in China, while ranked 131st and 1163rd 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	$3.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.5	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.24	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$4.34	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.04	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$836	$701
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$591	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1531	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1084	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$35.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$54.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$11.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	3.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7307	$13122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3825	$6054
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.37	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.5	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$4.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.09	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.05	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$4.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$5.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$48.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$7.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.2	$34.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.3	$39.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$664	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19685	$21140

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2396
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$678
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$694
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1734
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$548
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$638
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$873
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$785
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$627
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$954
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$858
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$777
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$801
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$908
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$793
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$473
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$612
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$682
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$474
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$828
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$766
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$778
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$802
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$797
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$758
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$739
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$751
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$705
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$714
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$729
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$711
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$892
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$528
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$648