Frankfurt vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Frankfurt	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2230	$654
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5257	$1731
🏠 One person rent	$1250	$218
🏘️ Family rent	$2174	$371
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$191	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4800	$930
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	88	84
😀 Quality of life	95	71
🏙️ Population	776K	9.37M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 241% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1425th and 7557th ($2230 vs $654) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 105th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.4 months in Hefei. Frankfurt ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Hefei ranked 22nd in China, while ranked 34th and 3551st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Hefei

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	Frankfurt	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.6	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.1	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.86	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.99	$2.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1296	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$987	$167
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2308	$384
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1784	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$40.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$14.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.52%	3.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8454	$3689
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4665	$1986
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.53	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.68
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.05	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.46	$7.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.8	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.6	$45.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$5.75
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$29.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.9	$80.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$60.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$713	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18543	$9430

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1765
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1881
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1870
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1928
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1841
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1750
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1756
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1891
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1761
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1883
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1806
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1887
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1823
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1826
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1867
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1831
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1874
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1864
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1866
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1681
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1768
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1732
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1836
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1808
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1742
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1832
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1779
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1841
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1802
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1807
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1849
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1780
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1939
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1760
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1787
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1786
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1776
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1801

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$633
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$615
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$647
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$603
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$669
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$646
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$680
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$519
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$594
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$765
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$544
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$665
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$626
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$601
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$601
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$623
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$592
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$618
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$644
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$652
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$604
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$608
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$632
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$652
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$581
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$556
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$611
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$581
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$684
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$617
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$661
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$623
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$675
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$628
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$514
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$677