Frankfurt vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$3476
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	83
😀 Quality of life	94	93
🏙️ Population	776K	633K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 2% more expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 1863rd and 1961st ($1989 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 5th in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Ranked 7th vs 9th best cities to live in Germany, and 47th vs 63rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Stuttgart

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	Frankfurt	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$15338

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595

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