Maputo vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maputo	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1068	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2602	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$531	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$3476
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	29	83
😀 Quality of life	41	93
🏙️ Population	1.13M	633K

The cost of living in Maputo is 45% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 5045th and 1961st ($1068 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Mozambique and Germany, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Maputo compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 6875th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Stuttgart

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	Maputo	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.78	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$592	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1399	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.29%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3504	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.6	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5643	$15338

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628

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