Stuttgart vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Stuttgart	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1957	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4625	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3476	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	83	95
😀 Quality of life	93	86
🏙️ Population	633K	2.6M

The cost of living in Stuttgart is 66% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1961st and 4534th ($1957 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st 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 1.4 months in Taipei. Stuttgart ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 63rd and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Stuttgart vs Taipei

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	Stuttgart	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.8	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$862	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2057	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1612	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$273	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.3	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6586	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4917	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.33	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.3	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.34	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.4	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.6	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.8	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.8	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$630	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15338	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581