Islamabad vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Islamabad	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$464	$2169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1089	$5111
🏠 One person rent	$213	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$359	$2146
🍽️ Food expenses	$162	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$148	$4075
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	70	84
😀 Quality of life	50	93
🏙️ Population	1.01M	633K

The cost of living in Islamabad is 79% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8843rd and 1578th ($464 vs $2169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Pakistan and Germany, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Islamabad compared to 1.9 months in Stuttgart. Islamabad ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Stuttgart ranked 10th in Germany, while ranked 6696th and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Stuttgart

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	Islamabad	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.05	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.4	$89
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.35	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$4.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$1159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$2130
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$1689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.1	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.06%	3.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1495	$7372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$746	$4701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.7	$68.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.23	$28.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$2.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$5.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.94	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.19	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.65	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.3	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$68.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.89	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.4	$98.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.6	$696
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3118	$18457

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$360
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$279
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$370
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$264
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$369
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$323
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$353
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$381
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$371
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$308
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$295
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$378
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$326
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$368
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$348
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$432
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$302
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$367
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$391
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$318
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$364
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$423
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$315
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$433
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$352
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$473
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$382
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$351
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$414
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$417
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$425
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$379

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1926
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1932
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1909
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1928
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1905
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1911
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1896
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1879
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1904
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1881
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1876
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1870
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1881
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1872
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1822
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1866
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1819
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1773
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1833
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1820
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1795
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1866
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$2012
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1858
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1692
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1915
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1756
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1767
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1555
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1890
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1771
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1862
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1812
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1883
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1806
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1770
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1767
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1819
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1784
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1792