Frankfurt vs Kobe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Kobe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$1107
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$2821
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$848
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$1696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	91
😀 Quality of life	94	78
🏙️ Population	776K	1.52M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 80% more expensive than in Kobe. Cities ranked 1863rd and 4793rd ($1989 vs $1107) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 127th 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 1.5 months in Kobe. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Kobe ranked 31st in Japan, while ranked 47th and 674th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Kobe

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	Frankfurt	Kobe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$437
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$646
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$86.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	1.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$4362
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$3074
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$71.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$31.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$5.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$9.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$5.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$60
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$16179

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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 Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1049
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1158
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1057
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1048
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1062
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1072
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1045
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1073
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1242
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1059
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1051
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1146
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1074
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1049
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1302
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1065
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1059
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1059
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1142
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1049
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1084
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1156
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079