Raleigh vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$3556
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	82	83
😀 Quality of life	90	93
🏙️ Population	468K	633K

The cost of living in Raleigh is 5% more expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 1213th and 1455th ($2327 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th and 3rd in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 212th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Raleigh	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$17949

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763