Moscow vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$3476
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	83
😀 Quality of life	74	93
🏙️ Population	13.1M	633K

The cost of living in Moscow is 36% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4359th and 1961st ($1244 vs $1957) 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 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 1187th and 63rd 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	$9.55	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$15338

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

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