Dubai vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$3476
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	83
😀 Quality of life	87	93
🏙️ Population	3.33M	633K

The cost of living in Dubai is 22% more expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 989th and 1961st ($2379 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in the United Arab Emirates and Germany, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 288th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Stuttgart

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	Dubai	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$15338

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536

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