Frankfurt vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$401
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	87	35
😀 Quality of life	94	35
🏙️ Population	776K	2.96M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 264% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 1863rd and 8272nd ($1989 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Germany and Yemen, respectively. Check Germany vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 47th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Sanaa

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	Frankfurt	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$2809

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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 Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886