Frankfurt vs Kawasaki - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Kawasaki
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$1249
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$3397
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$545
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$1197
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$414
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$191
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$2537
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	99
😀 Quality of life	94	81
🏙️ Population	776K	1.54M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 59% more expensive than in Kawasaki. Cities ranked 1863rd and 4340th ($1989 vs $1249) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 26th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 2 months in Kawasaki. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Kawasaki ranked 13th in Japan, while ranked 47th and 497th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Frankfurt vs Kawasaki infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/frankfurt/kawasaki.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Frankfurt vs Kawasaki infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/frankfurt/kawasaki" target="_blank">Frankfurt vs Kawasaki - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Frankfurt vs Kawasaki

Prices for goods and services in Frankfurt and Kawasaki are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Frankfurt	Kawasaki
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$6.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$31.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$584
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$364
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$1140
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$968
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$169
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$26.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	1.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$6533
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$3250
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$1.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$4.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$6.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$5.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$5.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$9.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$50.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$34.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$57.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$543
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$15204

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Kawasaki

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.5 km or 0.9 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yokohama	$1335
17 km or 11 mi	Komae	$1124
19 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
21 km or 13 mi	Chofu	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Yamato	$1039
22 km or 14 mi	Inagi	$1084
22 km or 14 mi	Mitaka	$1150
23 km or 14 mi	Machida	$1091
24 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
25 km or 15 mi	Hirai	$1089
25 km or 16 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
25 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
25 km or 16 mi	Musashino	$1136
26 km or 16 mi	Kamakura	$1012
26 km or 16 mi	Tama	$1065
26 km or 16 mi	Ayase	$960
26 km or 16 mi	Fuchu	$1122
27 km or 17 mi	Zama	$1023
27 km or 17 mi	Zushi	$1028
27 km or 17 mi	Koganei	$1103
27 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1143
27 km or 17 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
28 km or 17 mi	Futtsu	$1077
28 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1080
29 km or 18 mi	Ebina	$908
29 km or 18 mi	Hayama	$1045
30 km or 19 mi	Yokosuka	$1125
30 km or 19 mi	Kunitachi	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Kokubunji	$1099
31 km or 19 mi	Wako	$1098
31 km or 19 mi	Sagamihara	$1042
31 km or 19 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
31 km or 19 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Kodaira	$1124
32 km or 20 mi	Atsugi	$948
32 km or 20 mi	Tachikawa	$1109
32 km or 20 mi	Funabashi	$1231
32 km or 20 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
33 km or 20 mi	Hino	$1116