Manchester vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$3556
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	91	83
😀 Quality of life	93	93
🏙️ Population	548K	633K

The cost of living in Manchester is 3% more expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 1330th and 1455th ($2265 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 3rd 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 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 107th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Manchester	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$17949

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763