Sao Tome vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Tome	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$900	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2253	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$312	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$252	$3476
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	1	83
😀 Quality of life	22	93
🏙️ Population	65.5K	633K

The cost of living in Sao Tome is 54% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 6047th and 1961st ($900 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Sao Tome and Principe and Germany, respectively. Check Sao Tome and Principe vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Sao Tome compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Sao Tome ranked 1st best city to live in Sao Tome and Principe vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 8798th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Sao Tome	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.2	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1445	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$123	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.96	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.7	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3685	$15338

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Cities near Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590

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