Dhaka vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dhaka	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$464	$2182
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1123	$5115
🏠 One person rent	$141	$1245
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$2194
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$4614
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	73	87
😀 Quality of life	57	95
🏙️ Population	16.8M	776K

The cost of living in Dhaka is 79% less expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 8829th and 1510th ($464 vs $2182) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Bangladesh and Germany, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dhaka compared to 2.1 months in Frankfurt. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Frankfurt ranked 5th in Germany, while ranked 6151st and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dhaka vs Frankfurt

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	Dhaka	Frankfurt
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.14	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.2	$79.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.09	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$4.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$149	$1285
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$95.5	$1001
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$2273
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$1844
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.7	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.1	$226
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$38
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.01%	3.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$939	$8398
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$535	$5144
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$4.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$66.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.36	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.6	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$4.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.15	$9.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.88	$2.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.7	$64.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.15	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$99.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.2	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$57.7	$619
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1844	$16203

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Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$352
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$362
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$312
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$282
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$301
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$300
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$287
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$321
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$286
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$294
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$320
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$312
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$313
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$328
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$317
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$315
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$320
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$297
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$456
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$320
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$327
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$335
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$312
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$318
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$323
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$366
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$332
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$308
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$354
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$333
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$302

Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1730
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1841
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1826
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1884
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1806
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1724
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1718
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1861
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1725
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1849
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1774
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1854
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1796
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1791
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1843
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1812
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1844
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1836
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1832
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1640
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1741
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1757
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1693
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1815
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1763
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1713
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1813
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1755
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1801
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1776
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1793
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1810
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1756
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1922
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1810
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1736
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1756
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1775
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1763
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1769