Frankfurt vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$1049
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	87	49
😀 Quality of life	94	51
🏙️ Population	776K	7.1M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 192% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1863rd and 6983rd ($1989 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 47th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Yantai

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	Frankfurt	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702