Chongqing vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chongqing	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$634	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1938	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$224	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$442	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.1	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$957	$3476
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	88	83
😀 Quality of life	72	93
🏙️ Population	32.1M	633K

The cost of living in Chongqing is 68% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 7340th and 1961st ($634 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 145th and 5th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Chongqing compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Chongqing ranked 8th best city to live in China vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 1675th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chongqing vs Stuttgart

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	Chongqing	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.91	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.63	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$261	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$161	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$550	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.91	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1374	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.83	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.31	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.01	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.94	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.25	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.5	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26796	$15338

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Cities near Chongqing

Distance	City	Cost of living
97 km or 60 mi	Huaying	$553
103 km or 64 mi	Guang'an	$584
120 km or 75 mi	Longchang	$593
127 km or 79 mi	Luzhou	$613
140 km or 87 mi	Suining	$579
140 km or 87 mi	Neijiang	$652
145 km or 90 mi	Nanchong	$526
170 km or 106 mi	Zigong	$584
183 km or 113 mi	Shehong	$546
191 km or 119 mi	Ziyang	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Renhuai	$540
201 km or 125 mi	Yibin	$590
208 km or 129 mi	Dazhou	$591
209 km or 130 mi	Zunyi	$554
211 km or 131 mi	Jianyang	$580
232 km or 144 mi	Langzhong	$530
249 km or 154 mi	Lichuan	$570
258 km or 160 mi	Bazhong	$610
264 km or 164 mi	Meishan	$590
265 km or 165 mi	Chengdu	$623
266 km or 165 mi	Leshan	$554
266 km or 166 mi	Guanghan	$554
268 km or 167 mi	Deyang	$549
272 km or 169 mi	Mianyang	$527
277 km or 172 mi	Bijie	$584
285 km or 177 mi	Shifang	$540
292 km or 181 mi	Emeishan	$540
294 km or 183 mi	Pengzhou	$572
298 km or 185 mi	Enshi	$575
298 km or 185 mi	Mianzhu	$529
298 km or 185 mi	Chongzhou	$581
300 km or 186 mi	Jiangyou	$532
309 km or 192 mi	Qionglai	$572
316 km or 196 mi	Wanyuan	$585
320 km or 199 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
327 km or 203 mi	Guangyuan	$599
331 km or 206 mi	Guiyang	$559
331 km or 206 mi	Tongren	$573
342 km or 212 mi	Ya'an	$573
342 km or 213 mi	Jishou	$539

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