Stuttgart vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Stuttgart	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1957	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4625	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3476	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	83	22
😀 Quality of life	93	58
🏙️ Population	633K	1.96M

The cost of living in Stuttgart is 87% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1961st and 5176th ($1957 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 12th in Germany and Mexico, respectively. Check Germany vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Stuttgart compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Stuttgart ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 63rd and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Stuttgart vs Tijuana

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	Stuttgart	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.8	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$4.13
🥤 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	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$862	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2057	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1612	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$273	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.3	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6586	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4917	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.33	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.3	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.34	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.4	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.6	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.8	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.8	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$630	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15338	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677