Moscow vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$4878
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1179
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$2118
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$3356
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	84
😀 Quality of life	74	92
🏙️ Population	13M	633K

The cost of living in Moscow is 48% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 5091st and 1692nd ($1075 vs $2063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Russia and Germany, respectively. Check Russia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Stuttgart ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 1280th and 74th 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	$8.34	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$77.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$5.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$3.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1120
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$2194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$1630
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$50.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$7028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$5083
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$54.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$27.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$15.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$9.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$2.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$54.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$65.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$97.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$16244

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1831
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1829
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1815
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1818
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1796
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1807
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1793
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1758
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1781
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1787
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1782
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1756
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1760
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1759
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1737
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1726
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1629
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1722
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1709
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1760
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1704
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1914
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1730
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1512
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1711
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1608
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1675
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1298
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1783
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1661
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1831
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1698
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1748
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1581
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1668
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1772
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1669
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1671