Frankfurt vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Frankfurt	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2182	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5115	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1245	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2194	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4614	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	87	24
😀 Quality of life	95	44
🏙️ Population	776K	7.82M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 265% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1510th and 7835th ($2182 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 183rd in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Frankfurt ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 38th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Shangqiu

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	Frankfurt	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.3	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1285	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1844	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.91%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8398	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5144	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.41	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.6	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.63	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.57	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.4	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16203	$17107

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517