Frankfurt vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$794
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	47
😀 Quality of life	94	62
🏙️ Population	776K	276K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 150% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 1863rd and 6461st ($1989 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Germany vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 47th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Sarajevo

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	Frankfurt	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$2856

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768