Lyon vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lyon	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1570	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3820	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$773	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$1432	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2651	$3476
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	83
😀 Quality of life	89	93
🏙️ Population	521K	633K

The cost of living in Lyon is 20% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 3152nd and 1961st ($1570 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 5th in France and Germany, respectively. Check France vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Lyon compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Lyon ranked 5th best city to live in France vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 195th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lyon vs Stuttgart

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	Lyon	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.9	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$563	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1593	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.74%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4049	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.09	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.4	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.26	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.44	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.3	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$584	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10816	$15338

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Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457

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