Frankfurt vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$1146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	87	70
😀 Quality of life	94	68
🏙️ Population	776K	12.7M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 129% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1863rd and 6198th ($1989 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 47th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Suzhou

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	Frankfurt	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613