Frankfurt vs Lome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Lome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$755
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1774
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$499
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$534
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	17
😀 Quality of life	94	40
🏙️ Population	776K	2.19M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 163% more expensive than in Lome. Cities ranked 1863rd and 6657th ($1989 vs $755) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Germany and Togo, respectively. Check Germany vs Togo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 0.7 months in Lome. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Lome ranked 1st in Togo, while ranked 47th and 6989th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Lome

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	Frankfurt	Lome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$2.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$0.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$4.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$3.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$299
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$527
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$87.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$42.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	7.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$1155
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$420
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$6.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$6.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$5.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$1.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$7.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$19.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$20.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$30.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$4691

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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 Lome

Distance	City	Cost of living
99 km or 61 mi	Ho	$354
109 km or 68 mi	Kpalime	$632
135 km or 84 mi	Cotonou	$709
140 km or 87 mi	Hohoe	$575
145 km or 90 mi	Abomey	$590
147 km or 91 mi	Tema	$553
147 km or 91 mi	Ashaiman	$560
155 km or 97 mi	Atakpame	$647
159 km or 99 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
165 km or 102 mi	Koforidua	$588
167 km or 104 mi	Accra	$729
243 km or 151 mi	Lagos	$1113
253 km or 157 mi	Save	$613
261 km or 162 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
272 km or 169 mi	Sotouboua	$649
317 km or 197 mi	Sokode	$651
320 km or 199 mi	Kumasi	$433
321 km or 200 mi	Obuasi	$551
329 km or 204 mi	Ibadan	$776
354 km or 220 mi	Oyo	$677
357 km or 222 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
380 km or 236 mi	Kara	$658
398 km or 247 mi	Ife	$779
411 km or 256 mi	Osogbo	$695
430 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$507
452 km or 281 mi	Ilorin	$535
456 km or 283 mi	Akure	$634
471 km or 293 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
486 km or 302 mi	Benin	$558
496 km or 308 mi	Owo	$651
505 km or 314 mi	Warri	$881
526 km or 327 mi	Abengourou	$889
558 km or 347 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
587 km or 365 mi	Abidjan	$1022
602 km or 374 mi	Agboville	$882
615 km or 382 mi	Onitsha	$972
626 km or 389 mi	Dabou	$882
646 km or 401 mi	Awka	$805
647 km or 402 mi	Owerri	$1611
658 km or 409 mi	Port Harcourt	$679