Leipzig vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Leipzig	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1449	$2063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3571	$4878
🏠 One person rent	$688	$1179
🏘️ Family rent	$1289	$2118
🍽️ Food expenses	$499	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2807	$3356
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	72	84
😀 Quality of life	92	92
🏙️ Population	616K	633K

The cost of living in Leipzig is 30% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 3925th and 1692nd ($1449 vs $2063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 535th and 4th in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Leipzig compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Ranked 16th vs 14th best cities to live in Germany, and 80th vs 74th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs Stuttgart

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	Leipzig	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.2	$77.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.47	$5.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$4.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$3.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$1120
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$454	$867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1250	$2194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$965	$1630
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.5	$50.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4637	$7028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$5083
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.9	$54.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$27.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.78	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$15.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.6	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$4.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.77	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.45	$9.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.11	$2.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.3	$54.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$65.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.6	$97.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.4	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$394	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$16244

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1387
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1347
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1349
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1372
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1360
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1320
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1342
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1365
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1273
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1365
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1345
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1384
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1170
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1306
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1396
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1210
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1376
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1421
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1330
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1191
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1393
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1095
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1306
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1231
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1387
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1379
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1354
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1386
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1211
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1215
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1387
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1367
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1386
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1386
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1413
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1831
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1829
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1815
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1818
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1796
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1807
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1793
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1758
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1781
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1787
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1782
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1756
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1760
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1759
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1737
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1726
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1629
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1722
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1709
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1760
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1704
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1914
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1730
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1512
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1711
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1608
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1675
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1298
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1783
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1661
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1831
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1698
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1748
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1581
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1668
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1772
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1669
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1671