Stuttgart vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Stuttgart	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1957	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4625	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3476	$1362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	83	73
😀 Quality of life	93	81
🏙️ Population	633K	1.87M

The cost of living in Stuttgart is 140% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1961st and 6380th ($1957 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 10th in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Stuttgart compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Stuttgart ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 63rd and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Stuttgart vs Tainan

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	Stuttgart	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.8	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$862	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2057	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1612	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$273	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.3	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6586	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4917	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.33	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.3	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.34	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.4	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.6	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.8	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.8	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$630	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15338	$6108

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682