Frankfurt vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Frankfurt	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2230	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5257	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$1250	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$2174	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$191	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4800	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	49
😀 Quality of life	95	71
🏙️ Population	776K	8.78M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 252% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1425th and 7679th ($2230 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 137th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Frankfurt ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 34th and 3611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Quanzhou

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	Frankfurt	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.6	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.1	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.86	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.99	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1296	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$987	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2308	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1784	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.52%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8454	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4665	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.53	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.8	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.05	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.46	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.8	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.6	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.9	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$713	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18543	$9536

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1765
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1881
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1870
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1928
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1841
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1750
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1756
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1891
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1761
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1883
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1806
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1887
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1823
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1826
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1867
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1831
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1874
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1864
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1866
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1681
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1768
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1732
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1836
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1808
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1742
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1832
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1779
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1841
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1802
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1807
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1849
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1780
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1939
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1760
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1787
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1786
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1776
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1801

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943