Amsterdam vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$3476
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	83
😀 Quality of life	95	93
🏙️ Population	921K	633K

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 43% more expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 331st and 1961st ($2791 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in the Netherlands and Germany, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 29th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Amsterdam vs Stuttgart infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/amsterdam/stuttgart.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Amsterdam vs Stuttgart infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/amsterdam/stuttgart" target="_blank">Amsterdam vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Amsterdam vs Stuttgart

Prices for goods and services in Amsterdam and Stuttgart are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Amsterdam	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$15338

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581