Frankfurt vs San Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	San Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$2687
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$656
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$363
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$85.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$418
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	42
😀 Quality of life	94	50
🏙️ Population	776K	316K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 65% more expensive than in San Salvador. Cities ranked 1863rd and 4469th ($1989 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Germany and El Salvador, respectively. Check Germany vs El Salvador comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 0.3 months in San Salvador. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs San Salvador ranked 1st in El Salvador, while ranked 47th and 6219th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs San Salvador

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	Frankfurt	San Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$27.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$736
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$1236
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$62.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$95.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$36
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	9.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$2408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$1341
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$26.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$2.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$6.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$2.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$2.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$32.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$5642

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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 San Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Mejicanos	$1175
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soyapango	$1182
11 km or 6.8 mi	Santa Tecla	$1194
11 km or 7 mi	Apopa	$1160
49 km or 30 mi	Santa Ana	$698
57 km or 35 mi	Sonsonate	$884
75 km or 46 mi	Ahuachapan	$1449
89 km or 55 mi	Usulutan	$1083
112 km or 69 mi	San Miguel	$1088
135 km or 84 mi	Jalapa	$936
172 km or 107 mi	San Miguel Petapa	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Guatemala City	$1070
185 km or 115 mi	Mixco	$653
187 km or 116 mi	Comayagua	$753
219 km or 136 mi	Tegucigalpa	$863
220 km or 137 mi	Villanueva	$897
235 km or 146 mi	Coban	$916
236 km or 147 mi	San Pedro Sula	$1047
237 km or 147 mi	La Lima	$897
241 km or 150 mi	Panajachel	$819
241 km or 150 mi	El Progreso	$903
250 km or 156 mi	Choloma	$719
253 km or 157 mi	Chinandega	$638
266 km or 165 mi	Mazatenango	$886
273 km or 170 mi	Yoro	$755
277 km or 172 mi	Puerto Cortes	$788
281 km or 174 mi	Quetzaltenango	$784
282 km or 175 mi	Momostenango	$881
287 km or 178 mi	Leon	$632
315 km or 196 mi	Esteli	$598
347 km or 216 mi	La Ceiba	$626
352 km or 219 mi	Jinotega	$455
357 km or 222 mi	Tapachula	$632
361 km or 224 mi	Managua	$738
365 km or 227 mi	Matagalpa	$624
367 km or 228 mi	Flores	$878
385 km or 239 mi	San Ignacio	$1034
387 km or 240 mi	Masaya	$710
397 km or 247 mi	Belmopan	$973
402 km or 250 mi	Granada	$701