Frankfurt vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

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Frankfurt Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1989
$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$4617
$1559
🏠 One person rent
$1125
$187
🏘️ Family rent
$1929
$431
🍽️ Food expenses
$534
$185
🚐 Transport expenses
$170
$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3700
$680
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Bad
✈️ Airport proximity
13 km
14 km
🎓 Higher education
87
78
😀 Quality of life
94
66
🏙️ Population
776K
12.6M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 288% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1863rd and 8544th ($1989 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 499th 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 Zhengzhou. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 47th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Frankfurt Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$19.1
$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$72.5
$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$11.3
$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.06
$0.83
☕ Cappuccino
$3.92
$2.48
🥤 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
$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$849
$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2172
$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1473
$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$186
$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$282
$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$33.7
$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.01%
4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$8106
$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4832
$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.86
$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$54.5
$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$26.3
$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.79
$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.3
$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.96
$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.52
$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.02
$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.1
$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.7
$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$17.5
$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.91
$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.12
$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.84
$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.77
$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.59
$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.82
$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.11
$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.97
$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.41
$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.4
$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.52
$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.67
$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.15
$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$53.7
$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$14.8
$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$95.1
$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$19.1
$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans
$86
$45
👟 Brand Sneakers
$91.7
$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$555
$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$14496
$19343

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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

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Distance City Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi Xingyang
$519
35 km or 22 mi Xinmi
$528
40 km or 25 mi Xinzheng
$538
60 km or 37 mi Changge
$547
62 km or 38 mi Gongyi
$522
62 km or 39 mi Kaifeng
$545
64 km or 40 mi Xinxiang
$575
66 km or 41 mi Jiaozuo
$479
66 km or 41 mi Dengfeng
$529
69 km or 43 mi Yuzhou
$552
77 km or 48 mi Qinyang
$504
80 km or 50 mi Huixian
$551
81 km or 50 mi Yanshi
$509
81 km or 51 mi Weihui
$571
82 km or 51 mi Xuchang
$586
82 km or 51 mi Mengzhou
$505
99 km or 61 mi Ruzhou
$538
105 km or 65 mi Jiyuan
$520
111 km or 69 mi Changyuan
$787
111 km or 69 mi Jincheng
$547
113 km or 70 mi Luoyang
$505
118 km or 73 mi Pingdingshan
$591
125 km or 78 mi Hebi
$625
134 km or 83 mi Luohe
$591
134 km or 83 mi Gaoping
$573
147 km or 91 mi Linzhou
$588
154 km or 96 mi Zhoukou
$580
162 km or 101 mi Anyang
$578
162 km or 101 mi Wugang
$571
168 km or 104 mi Puyang
$800
169 km or 105 mi Changzhi
$726
170 km or 106 mi Heze
$1385
185 km or 115 mi Xiangcheng
$577
185 km or 115 mi Shangqiu
$736
200 km or 124 mi Zhumadian
$637
220 km or 137 mi Handan
$610
221 km or 137 mi Nanyang
$632
221 km or 138 mi Wu'an
$587
225 km or 140 mi Sanmenxia
$564
228 km or 142 mi Jieshou
$591