Kitakyushu vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kitakyushu	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1003	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2593	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$369	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1677	$3476
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	83
😀 Quality of life	71	93
🏙️ Population	935K	633K

The cost of living in Kitakyushu is 49% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 5478th and 1961st ($1003 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 531st and 5th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Kitakyushu compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Kitakyushu ranked 290th best city to live in Japan vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 2236th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kitakyushu vs Stuttgart

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	Kitakyushu	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.93	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.2	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.68	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.78	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$178	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.1	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.65%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4955	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2349	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.59	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.6	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.42	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.05	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.35	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.03	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.6	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.3	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$341	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11851	$15338

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kitakyushu

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Shimonoseki	$950
15 km or 9.3 mi	Kanda	$918
17 km or 11 mi	Mizumaki	$916
18 km or 11 mi	Nakama	$916
20 km or 12 mi	Yukuhashi	$912
21 km or 13 mi	Nogata	$916
24 km or 15 mi	Fukuchi	$910
25 km or 16 mi	Okagaki	$913
27 km or 17 mi	Miyawaka	$913
28 km or 17 mi	Tagawa	$908
31 km or 19 mi	San'yo-Onoda	$884
32 km or 20 mi	Iizuka	$908
33 km or 20 mi	Munakata	$916
38 km or 24 mi	Buzen	$902
38 km or 24 mi	Fukutsu	$916
39 km or 24 mi	Kama	$899
40 km or 25 mi	Ube	$863
42 km or 26 mi	Koga	$921
42 km or 26 mi	Nakatsu	$905
43 km or 27 mi	Mine	$854
44 km or 27 mi	Sasaguri	$921
44 km or 28 mi	Shingu	$919
48 km or 30 mi	Sue	$917
48 km or 30 mi	Kasuya	$922
49 km or 31 mi	Umi	$918
49 km or 31 mi	Shime	$925
53 km or 33 mi	Dazaifu	$903
54 km or 33 mi	Onojo	$920
54 km or 34 mi	Chikuzen	$872
55 km or 34 mi	Kasuga	$920
55 km or 34 mi	Chikushino	$896
55 km or 34 mi	Asakura	$866
55 km or 34 mi	Fukuoka	$1057
58 km or 36 mi	Usa	$908
60 km or 37 mi	Nakagawa	$911
61 km or 38 mi	Ukiha	$866
61 km or 38 mi	Nagato	$864
62 km or 39 mi	Ogori	$847
63 km or 39 mi	Hita	$884
63 km or 39 mi	Bungotakada	$910

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