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Nuremberg vs. United States Cost of Living Summary

Nuremberg is 0.3% more expensive than United States overall.

Restaurants: pay 27.5% more in Nuremberg
Groceries: pay 15.7% less in Nuremberg
Transportation: pay 39.7% more in Nuremberg
Housing: pay 17.1% less in Nuremberg
Childcare: pay 46.5% less in Nuremberg
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.0% less in Nuremberg
Clothing: pay 27.1% more in Nuremberg

The cost of transportation, restaurants, and clothing in Nuremberg are more expensive than in United States. Expenses including childcare, housing, groceries, and entertainment and sports are lower in Nuremberg.

Nuremberg vs. United States Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nuremberg instead of United States, you would:

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pay 27.5% more for restaurants

	United States	Nuremberg
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$19.45	$17.52 €15.23	-9.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.12	$11.68 €10.16	+5.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.56	$3.83 €3.33	+49.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.00	$3.31 €2.88	+65.1%
Average			+27.5%

United States vs. Nuremberg - Cost of restaurants

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pay 15.7% less for groceries

	United States	Nuremberg
Bread 1 loaf	$3.56	$2.29 €1.99	-35.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.50	$7.46 €6.48	+14.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.97	$4.96 €4.32	+24.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.27	$3.63 €3.15	-15.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.41	$6.65 €5.79	+23.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.37	$1.40 €1.21	-41.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78	$0.83 €0.72	+6.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.04	$1.04 €0.90	-49.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.21	$2.09 €1.82	-5.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.34	$0.70 €0.61	-48.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.38	$0.72 €0.63	-48.0%
Average			-15.7%

United States vs. Nuremberg - Cost of groceries

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pay 39.7% more for transportation

	United States	Nuremberg
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.41	$7.57 €6.58	+121.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$65.85	$67.74 €58.91	+2.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,336.38	$31,745.96 €27,604.13	-1.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.61	$23.94 €20.82	+35.9%
Average			+39.7%

United States vs. Nuremberg - Cost of transportation

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pay 17.1% less for housing

	United States	Nuremberg
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$68.97	$43.30 €37.65	-37.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,664.59	$970.49 €843.87	-41.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,416.15	$670.13 €582.70	-52.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$150.19	$245.02 €213.05	+63.1%
Average			-17.1%

United States vs. Nuremberg - Cost of housing

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pay 46.5% less for childcare

	United States	Nuremberg
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,387.27	$547.40 €475.98	-60.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,196.46	$15,670.53 €13,626.02	-32.4%
Average			-46.5%

United States vs. Nuremberg - Cost of childcare

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pay 13.0% less for entertainment and sports

	United States	Nuremberg
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.84	$4.67 €4.06	-19.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.15	$4.39 €3.82	-14.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.90	$10.16 €8.84	+2.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.45	$31.87 €27.71	-38.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.64	$14.31 €12.44	+4.9%
Average			-13.0%

United States vs. Nuremberg - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 27.1% more for clothing

	United States	Nuremberg
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$51.08	$102.93 €89.50	+101.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.81	$43.02 €37.41	+2.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$87.56	$88.43 €76.90	+1.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$112.04	$115.63 €100.54	+3.2%
Average			+27.1%

United States vs. Nuremberg - Cost of clothing

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