Frankfurt vs Mbabane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Mbabane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$562
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1439
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$245
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$484
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$55.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$701
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	87	16
😀 Quality of life	94	38
🏙️ Population	776K	60.7K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 254% more expensive than in Mbabane. Cities ranked 1863rd and 8102nd ($1989 vs $562) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Germany and Eswatini, respectively. Check Germany vs Eswatini comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.2 months in Mbabane. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Mbabane ranked 1st in Eswatini, while ranked 47th and 7231st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Mbabane

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	Frankfurt	Mbabane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$2.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$27.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$2.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$1.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$221
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$159
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$487
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$360
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$45.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$27.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	11.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$28.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$5.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$27.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$3.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$17.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$4.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$43.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$4495

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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 Mbabane

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Manzini	$442
136 km or 85 mi	Matola	$964
148 km or 92 mi	Maputo	$1068
165 km or 103 mi	Vryheid	$763
171 km or 106 mi	Bethal	$784
179 km or 111 mi	Middelburg	$795
271 km or 168 mi	Springs	$678
284 km or 176 mi	Benoni	$785
287 km or 178 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
301 km or 187 mi	Centurion	$807
304 km or 189 mi	Pretoria	$906
311 km or 193 mi	Sandton	$953
311 km or 193 mi	Johannesburg	$993
316 km or 196 mi	Randburg	$837
324 km or 201 mi	Vereeniging	$672
329 km or 204 mi	Soweto	$923
334 km or 207 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
348 km or 216 mi	Brits	$820
370 km or 230 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
394 km or 245 mi	Durban	$809
398 km or 247 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
399 km or 248 mi	Rustenburg	$889
406 km or 252 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
416 km or 259 mi	Kroonstad	$768
451 km or 280 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
461 km or 287 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
477 km or 296 mi	Welkom	$748
491 km or 305 mi	Maseru	$621
546 km or 339 mi	Mafeteng	$567
555 km or 345 mi	Mmabatho	$780
559 km or 347 mi	Gaborone	$691
564 km or 350 mi	Lobatse	$665
566 km or 352 mi	Mahalapye	$631
576 km or 358 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
585 km or 363 mi	Palapye	$540
601 km or 374 mi	Kanye	$664
608 km or 378 mi	Molepolole	$628
628 km or 390 mi	Serowe	$583
628 km or 390 mi	Mthatha	$852
682 km or 424 mi	Francistown	$624