Frankfurt vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$2738
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	87	72
😀 Quality of life	94	92
🏙️ Population	776K	620K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 31% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 1863rd and 3353rd ($1989 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 271st in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Ranked 7th vs 14th best cities to live in Germany, and 47th vs 87th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Leipzig

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	Frankfurt	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307