Stuttgart vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Stuttgart	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1957	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4625	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3476	$680
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	83	78
😀 Quality of life	93	66
🏙️ Population	633K	12.6M

The cost of living in Stuttgart is 282% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1961st and 8544th ($1957 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 499th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Stuttgart compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Stuttgart ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 63rd and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Stuttgart vs Zhengzhou

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	Stuttgart	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.8	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1044	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$862	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2057	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1612	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$273	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.3	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6586	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4917	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.33	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.3	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.34	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.4	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.6	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.8	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$630	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15338	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591