Hamburg City vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$3476
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	84	83
😀 Quality of life	94	93
🏙️ Population	1.91M	633K

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 3% more expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 1818th and 1961st ($2007 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Ranked 6th vs 9th best cities to live in Germany, and 40th vs 63rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Stuttgart

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	Hamburg City	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$15338

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

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