Okayama vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Okayama	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$943	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2571	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$349	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$642	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1425	$3476
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	83
😀 Quality of life	68	93
🏙️ Population	720K	633K

The cost of living in Okayama is 52% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 5814th and 1961st ($943 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 703rd and 5th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Okayama compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Okayama ranked 466th best city to live in Japan vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 3179th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Okayama vs Stuttgart

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	Okayama	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.11	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.33	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.3	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.7	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6597	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3763	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.9	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.37	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.86	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.63	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.1	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.1	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.8	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$584	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16248	$15338

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Cities near Okayama

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Akaiwa	$937
15 km or 9.4 mi	Kurashiki	$1078
16 km or 9.8 mi	Soja	$967
16 km or 10 mi	Setouchi	$949
18 km or 11 mi	Tamano	$949
27 km or 17 mi	Bizen	$985
32 km or 20 mi	Takahashi	$952
33 km or 21 mi	Asakuchi	$936
37 km or 23 mi	Sakaide	$932
41 km or 25 mi	Kasaoka	$896
42 km or 26 mi	Marugame	$946
42 km or 26 mi	Ibara	$900
43 km or 27 mi	Sanuki	$943
44 km or 28 mi	Takamatsu	$917
45 km or 28 mi	Ayagawa	$919
45 km or 28 mi	Tadotsu	$946
45 km or 28 mi	Ako	$1040
45 km or 28 mi	Mimasaka	$991
47 km or 29 mi	Miki	$911
48 km or 30 mi	Zentsuji	$948
50 km or 31 mi	Maniwa	$961
53 km or 33 mi	Aioi	$1057
54 km or 34 mi	Fukuyama	$883
55 km or 34 mi	Niimi	$949
56 km or 35 mi	Tsuyama	$978
59 km or 37 mi	Mitoyo	$964
61 km or 38 mi	Higashikagawa	$1187
62 km or 38 mi	Tatsuno	$1064
63 km or 39 mi	Kan'onji	$964
63 km or 39 mi	Fuchu	$882
64 km or 40 mi	Taishi	$1075
70 km or 43 mi	Shiso	$1042
70 km or 44 mi	Awa	$1165
70 km or 44 mi	Miyoshi	$990
70 km or 44 mi	Mima	$1100
70 km or 44 mi	Onomichi	$885
72 km or 45 mi	Himeji	$1181
77 km or 48 mi	Yoshinogawa	$1383
79 km or 49 mi	Aizumi	$1573
80 km or 50 mi	Ishii	$1545

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