Nuremberg vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nuremberg	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1672	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4194	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$877	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$1732	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3273	$695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	59	17
😀 Quality of life	91	38
🏙️ Population	526K	9.03M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 188% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 2788th and 7893rd ($1672 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 75th and 321st in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Nuremberg compared to 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Nuremberg ranked 20th best city to live in Germany vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 107th and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nuremberg vs Zhoukou

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	Nuremberg	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.2	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.21	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.95	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.72	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$599	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1350	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$290	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.2	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6830	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5673	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.62	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.31	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.72	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.61	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.2	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.7	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$480	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13791	$14854

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Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1576
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1567
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1547
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1540
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1581
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1666
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1528
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1533
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1488
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1322
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1489
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1249
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1330
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1444
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1440
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1498
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1445
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1567
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1466
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1544
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1627
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1566
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1419
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1541
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1172
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1456
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1560
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1274
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1594
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1589
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1433
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1613
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1476
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1098
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1557

Cities near Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484