Frankfurt vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Frankfurt	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2102	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4758	$1858
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$277
🏘️ Family rent	$2068	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4186	$952
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	87	93
😀 Quality of life	95	65
🏙️ Population	773K	9.37M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 189% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1589th and 6780th ($2102 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 68th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.3 months in Hefei. Frankfurt ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Hefei ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 36th and 4171st 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	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$5.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.05	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.96	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1303	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$942	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2335	$564
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1600	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$17.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	4.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8020	$3971
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5017	$2140
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.79	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$43
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.93	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$7.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$4.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.9	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.77	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.73	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.7	$109
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$83.3	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$4.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.3	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$568	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15030	$8558

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1620
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1773
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1766
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1830
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1763
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1673
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1699
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1801
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1676
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1810
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1739
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1779
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1759
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1815
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1791
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1778
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1814
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1813
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1731
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1710
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1750
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1724
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1812
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1723
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1724
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1812
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1805
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1760
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1804
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1906
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1770
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1801
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1953
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1812
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1748
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1766
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1795
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1804
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1716

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$694
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$649
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$706
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$658
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$705
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$903
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$524
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$672
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$774
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$636
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$642
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$771
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$651
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$673
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$639
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$650
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$703
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$690
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$630
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$659
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$648
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$698
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$613
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$619
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$629
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$633
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$702
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$656
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$705
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$729
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$673
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$694
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$528
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$699