Leipzig vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leipzig	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1516	$1196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3783	$3375
🏠 One person rent	$764	$488
🏘️ Family rent	$1542	$1182
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$402
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2738	$1611
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	72	99
😀 Quality of life	92	77
🏙️ Population	620K	1.33M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 27% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 3353rd and 4495th ($1516 vs $1196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 271st and 42nd in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 1.3 months in Saitama. Leipzig ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Saitama ranked 46th in Japan, while ranked 87th and 748th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs Saitama

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	Leipzig	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.3	$33.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.42	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$687	$373
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1119	$761
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$201
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$308
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$36.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	1.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3984	$5429
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2535	$3586
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$3.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.2	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$2.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$5.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$9.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$4.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$3.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$66.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$35.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.1	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.9	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$478
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9452	$14676

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307

Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$1033
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$1041
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1066
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1088
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1084
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1098
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1107
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1101
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1105
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1117
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1080
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1104
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1086
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1222
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1098
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1080
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1071
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1109
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1099
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1124
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1125