Frankfurt vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Frankfurt	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2230	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5257	$1657
🏠 One person rent	$1250	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$2174	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$191	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4800	$688
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	88	17
😀 Quality of life	95	44
🏙️ Population	776K	7.82M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 270% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1425th and 7914th ($2230 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 207th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Frankfurt ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Shangqiu ranked 334th in China, while ranked 34th and 7360th 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	$18.6	$2.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.1	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.86	$0.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.99	$2.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1296	$233
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$987	$192
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2308	$431
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1784	$348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$58.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$8.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.52%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8454	$2751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4665	$1731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.53	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$4.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.8	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.05	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.46	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.8	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.6	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.9	$33.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$67.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$713	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18543	$16802

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1765
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1881
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1870
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1928
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1841
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1750
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1756
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1891
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1761
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1883
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1806
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1887
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1823
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1826
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1867
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1831
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1874
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1864
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1866
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1681
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1768
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1732
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1836
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1808
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1742
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1832
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1779
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1841
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1802
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1807
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1849
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1780
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1939
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1760
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1787
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1786
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1776
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1801

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$581
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$803
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$581
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$569
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$483
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$558
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$598
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$556
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$548
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$514
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$592
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$583
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$601
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$491
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$509
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$518
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$543
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$563
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$498
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$511
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$489
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$531
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$520
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$506
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$516
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$516
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$576
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$492
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$596
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$550
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$505
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$519
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$548
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$518