Sapporo vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sapporo	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2904	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$905	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$415	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1450	$3476
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	73	83
😀 Quality of life	87	93
🏙️ Population	1.96M	633K

The cost of living in Sapporo is 38% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4470th and 1961st ($1204 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 5th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Sapporo compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Sapporo ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 262nd and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sapporo vs Stuttgart

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	Sapporo	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.41	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2347	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1657	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.7	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.72	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.95	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.4	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10781	$15338

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Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088

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