Frankfurt vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1633
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$609
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	87	30
😀 Quality of life	94	36
🏙️ Population	776K	1.58M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 191% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 1863rd and 6965th ($1989 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 115th in Germany and Mexico, respectively. Check Germany vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 0.9 months in Leon. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Leon ranked 55th in Mexico, while ranked 47th and 7382nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Leon

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	Frankfurt	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$8.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$180
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$615
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$17.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$26.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	11.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$29.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$6.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$3.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$2639

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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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704