Frankfurt vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	87	24
😀 Quality of life	94	39
🏙️ Population	776K	6.56M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 236% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 1863rd and 7740th ($1989 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 263rd 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 Shaoyang. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 47th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Shaoyang

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	Frankfurt	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600