Frankfurt vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Frankfurt	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2251	$670
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5339	$1770
🏠 One person rent	$1290	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$2248	$368
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$178	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4308	$1012
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	88	84
😀 Quality of life	93	71
🏙️ Population	776K	9.37M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 236% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1384th and 7494th ($2251 vs $670) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 101st 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 1.5 months in Hefei. Frankfurt ranked 10th best city to live in Germany vs Hefei ranked 22nd in China, while ranked 48th and 3146th 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	$17.4	$2.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.9	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.75	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.71	$2.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1017	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2336	$402
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1825	$288
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$276	$45.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.5	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.59%	3.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8499	$3568
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4451	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.42	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.2	$44.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.1	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.41	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.7	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.34	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$3.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.2	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.65	$4.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$6.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$6.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.7	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$823	$240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21222	$8681

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1826
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1891
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1869
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1938
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1851
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1765
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1746
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1889
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1762
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1903
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1814
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1867
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1827
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1817
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1886
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1829
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1846
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1878
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1872
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1668
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1775
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1798
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1699
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1852
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1780
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1732
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1851
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1740
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1822
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1793
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1773
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1829
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1754
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1996
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1855
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1709
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1772
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1747
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1778

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$628
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$624
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$650
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$612
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$674
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$653
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$671
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$523
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$602
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$652
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$789
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$587
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$551
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$684
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$644
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$613
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$620
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$635
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$605
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$661
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$657
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$623
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$610
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$644
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$667
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$595
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$567
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$627
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$588
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$663
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$633
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$672
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$636
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$693
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$646
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$651
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$531
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$693