Nairobi vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nairobi	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$760	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2089	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$262	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$281	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$399	$3476
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	68	83
😀 Quality of life	59	93
🏙️ Population	5.55M	633K

The cost of living in Nairobi is 61% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 6622nd and 1961st ($760 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Kenya and Germany, respectively. Check Kenya vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Nairobi compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 5369th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nairobi vs Stuttgart

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	Nairobi	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.45	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.6	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.64	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1080	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$418	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.1	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.8%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1743	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$998	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.33	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.08	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.6	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.14	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.17	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$187	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7984	$15338

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$589
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$408
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$500
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$541
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$638
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$561
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$483
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$522
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$490
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$602
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$605
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$498
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$580
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$562
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$625
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$545
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$646
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$698
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$502
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$552
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$486
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$594
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$650
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$613
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$771
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$648
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$573
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$518
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$801
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$648
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$413
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$651
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$648
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$585
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$479
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$785

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