Hefei vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$205	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$3476
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	83
😀 Quality of life	66	93
🏙️ Population	9.37M	633K

The cost of living in Hefei is 68% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 7405th and 1961st ($625 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 5th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 3963rd and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Stuttgart

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	Hefei	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$15338

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

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