Moscow vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$5111
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$2146
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$4075
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	84
😀 Quality of life	72	93
🏙️ Population	13.3M	633K

The cost of living in Moscow is 27% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 3728th and 1578th ($1585 vs $2169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Russia and Germany, respectively. Check Russia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.9 months in Stuttgart. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Stuttgart ranked 10th in Germany, while ranked 3206th and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Stuttgart

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	Moscow	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$89
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$4.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$2130
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$1689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	3.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$7372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$4701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$68.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$28.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$68.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$98.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$696
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$18457

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

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