Stuttgart vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Stuttgart	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1957	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4625	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3476	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	83	98
😀 Quality of life	93	93
🏙️ Population	633K	1.97M

The cost of living in Stuttgart is 6% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1961st and 2270th ($1957 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Germany and Austria, respectively. Check Germany vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Stuttgart compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Stuttgart ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 63rd and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Stuttgart vs Vienna

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	Stuttgart	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.8	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$862	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2057	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1612	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$273	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.3	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6586	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4917	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.33	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.3	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.34	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.4	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.6	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.8	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.8	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$630	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15338	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987