Frankfurt vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Frankfurt	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2251	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5339	$2040
🏠 One person rent	$1290	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2248	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$178	$91.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4308	$801
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	18
😀 Quality of life	93	46
🏙️ Population	776K	6.49M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 229% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1384th and 7385th ($2251 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 80th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Frankfurt ranked 10th best city to live in Germany vs Shangrao ranked 234th in China, while ranked 48th and 7068th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Shangrao

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	Frankfurt	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.9	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.75	$0.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.71	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$279
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1017	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2336	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1825	$323
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$276	$44.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.5	$15.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.59%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8499	$5055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4451	$2527
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.42	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.2	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.1	$5.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.41	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.7	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.34	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.2	$5.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.65	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$7.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$6.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.7	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$82.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$823	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21222	$25646

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1826
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1891
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1869
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1938
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1851
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1765
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1746
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1889
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1762
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1903
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1814
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1867
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1827
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1817
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1886
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1829
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1846
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1878
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1872
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1668
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1775
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1798
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1699
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1852
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1780
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1732
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1851
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1740
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1822
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1793
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1773
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1829
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1754
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1996
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1855
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1709
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1772
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1747
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1778

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$596
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$617
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$628
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$435
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$646
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$603
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$611
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$686
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$689
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$542
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$696
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$615
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$551
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$640
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$672
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$652
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$661
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$774
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$717
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$653
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$587
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$618
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$684
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$899
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$679
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$612
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$667
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$592
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$670
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$677
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$671
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$632
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$687
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$680
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$658
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$691
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$673
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$610
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$628