Frankfurt vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Frankfurt	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2182	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5115	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$1245	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$2194	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4614	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	87	93
😀 Quality of life	95	69
🏙️ Population	776K	9.37M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 239% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1510th and 7469th ($2182 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 101st in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.4 months in Hefei. Frankfurt ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 38th and 4318th 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	$17.3	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.3	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1285	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1844	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.91%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8398	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5144	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.41	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.6	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.63	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.57	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.4	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16203	$9056

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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

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663