Seattle vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Seattle	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3162	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7446	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$1981	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$3407	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$810	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6556	$3556
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	80	83
😀 Quality of life	93	93
🏙️ Population	737K	633K

The cost of living in Seattle is 43% more expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 125th and 1455th ($3162 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 92nd 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 2.1 months in Seattle compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Seattle ranked 27th best city to live in the United States vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 99th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Seattle vs Stuttgart

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	Seattle	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.17	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$6	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.04	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2119	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1641	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3861	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2873	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$260	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6864	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5184	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.82	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.26	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.7	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.07	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.36	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.72	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.04	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.94	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.31	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.8	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$148	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.1	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.3	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2178	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29883	$17949

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Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3313
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2907
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2644
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2652
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2723
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2552
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3269
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2674
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2745
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2730
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2812
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2669
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2741
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2641
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2525
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2796
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2523
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2609
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2295
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2649
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2461
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2702
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2782
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2473
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2603
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2384
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2632
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2551
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2644
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2749
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2114

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