Frankfurt vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	87	93
😀 Quality of life	94	66
🏙️ Population	776K	9.37M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 218% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1863rd and 7405th ($1989 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 160th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 47th and 3963rd 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	$19.1	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$8278

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665