Frankfurt vs Quito - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Frankfurt	Quito
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2182	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5115	$2247
🏠 One person rent	$1245	$363
🏘️ Family rent	$2194	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$316
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4614	$485
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	87	62
😀 Quality of life	95	57
🏙️ Population	776K	1.76M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 147% more expensive than in Quito. Cities ranked 1510th and 6318th ($2182 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Germany and Ecuador, respectively. Check Germany vs Ecuador comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Frankfurt compared to 0.5 months in Quito. Frankfurt ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Quito ranked 1st in Ecuador, while ranked 38th and 6166th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Quito

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	Frankfurt	Quito
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$4.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.3	$35.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$7.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$2.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1285	$410
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1844	$533
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$19.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$29.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38	$27.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.91%	11.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8398	$1599
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5144	$888
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.41	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$26.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.6	$2.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.63	$9.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.57	$6.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.4	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$7.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$45.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$59.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$286
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16203	$9282

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1730
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1841
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1826
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1884
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1806
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1724
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1718
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1861
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1725
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1849
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1774
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1854
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1796
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1791
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1843
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1812
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1844
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1836
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1832
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1640
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1741
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1757
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1693
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1815
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1763
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1713
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1813
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1755
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1801
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1776
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1793
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1810
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1756
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1922
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1810
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1736
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1756
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1775
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1763
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1769

Cities near Quito

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Santo Domingo	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Ibarra	$585
114 km or 71 mi	Ambato	$542
138 km or 86 mi	Quevedo	$649
151 km or 94 mi	Ipiales	$604
163 km or 101 mi	Riobamba	$509
183 km or 114 mi	Esmeraldas	$606
210 km or 130 mi	Pasto	$608
210 km or 130 mi	Babahoyo	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Tumaco	$622
235 km or 146 mi	Portoviejo	$776
244 km or 152 mi	Milagro	$745
258 km or 161 mi	Manta	$859
262 km or 163 mi	Duran	$869
267 km or 166 mi	Guayaquil	$1006
303 km or 188 mi	Cuenca	$780
307 km or 191 mi	Montanita	$728
348 km or 216 mi	La Libertad	$712
364 km or 226 mi	Popayan	$572
376 km or 233 mi	Machala	$587
381 km or 237 mi	Florencia	$489
426 km or 265 mi	Loja	$601
430 km or 267 mi	Tumbes	$582
463 km or 288 mi	Cali	$759
484 km or 301 mi	Buenaventura	$782
484 km or 301 mi	Palmira	$693
501 km or 311 mi	Neiva	$565
516 km or 321 mi	Mancora	$656
543 km or 337 mi	Tulua	$511
574 km or 357 mi	Talara	$704
575 km or 357 mi	Sullana	$596
602 km or 374 mi	Piura	$648
610 km or 379 mi	Jaen	$609
611 km or 380 mi	Paita	$638
616 km or 383 mi	Armenia	$667
623 km or 387 mi	Cartago	$679
631 km or 392 mi	Salento	$655
635 km or 395 mi	Ibague	$506
641 km or 398 mi	Pereira	$730
650 km or 404 mi	Girardot	$515