Edinburgh vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$3476
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	88	83
😀 Quality of life	94	93
🏙️ Population	488K	633K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 9% more expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 1491st and 1961st ($2140 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 5th in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 34th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Stuttgart

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	Edinburgh	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$15338

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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