Stuttgart vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Stuttgart	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2207	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5086	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$1276	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$599	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3556	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	83	70
😀 Quality of life	93	71
🏙️ Population	633K	12.7M

The cost of living in Stuttgart is 186% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1455th and 6778th ($2207 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 31st in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Stuttgart compared to 1.5 months in Suzhou. Stuttgart ranked 12th best city to live in Germany vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 93rd and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Stuttgart vs Suzhou

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	Stuttgart	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.7	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.68	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.37	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.18	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1201	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1764	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6802	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5304	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.1	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.27	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.15	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.68	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.98	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$605	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17949	$15339

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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

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610