Manchester vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$2169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$5111
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$2146
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$4075
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	84
😀 Quality of life	93	93
🏙️ Population	548K	633K

The cost of living in Manchester is 9% more expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 1156th and 1578th ($2365 vs $2169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 5th in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.9 months in Stuttgart. Manchester ranked 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Stuttgart ranked 10th in Germany, while ranked 78th and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Stuttgart

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	Manchester	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$89
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$4.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$1159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$2130
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$1689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	3.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$7372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$4701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$68.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$28.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$5.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$68.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$98.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$696
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$18457

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862

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