Nuremberg vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nuremberg	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1777	$493
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4303	$1325
🏠 One person rent	$873	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1471	$321
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$64
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3726	$705
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	56	58
😀 Quality of life	91	68
🏙️ Population	526K	10.6M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 261% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 2945th and 8757th ($1777 vs $493) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 156th and 518th 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 1.4 months in Shijiazhuang. Nuremberg ranked 24th best city to live in Germany vs Shijiazhuang ranked 38th in China, while ranked 150th and 4718th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nuremberg vs Shijiazhuang

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	Nuremberg	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$1.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88	$18
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$4.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.28	$0.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.47	$2.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$859	$209
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$615	$117
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1521	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1084	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$72.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.8	$6.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7454	$2408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4228	$1688
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.4	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.5	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$3.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.8	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$3.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$3.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.3	$3.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.9	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$4.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$30.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$67.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17866	$5006

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Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767

Cities near Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$519
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$524
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$521
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$525
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$558
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$528
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$550
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$512
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$562
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$568
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$508
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$466
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$468
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$542
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$562
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$540
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$545
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$567
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$538
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$492
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$518
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$555
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$564
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$645
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$646
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$523
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$734
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$621
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$492
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$505
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$540
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$531
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$610
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$666
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$584
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$659
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$630
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$770
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716