Frankfurt vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1508
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$611
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	87	16
😀 Quality of life	94	13
🏙️ Population	776K	344K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 220% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 1863rd and 7441st ($1989 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Germany and Lesotho, respectively. Check Germany vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 1 months in Maseru. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 47th and 9104th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Maseru

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	Frankfurt	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$125
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$63.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$5.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$5.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$46.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$1063

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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 Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628