Cost of Living in Frankfurt

I wanna go to frankfut in order to study.Thus i need suggestion who lives in the city.And i intend to know exact cost-of-living per.month.if there anybody who studies or lives there please help.One more question is it allowed to work for international student.please i wait you.thank u

I think that when it comes to cost of living, it isn't always very helpful to take advice from other people on how much money you actually need to live. Everyone has different needs and different priorities. For me, earning 2,000-2,500 EUR netto is enough to get by in every German city, including Munich and Frankfurt. Because i don't want to live in the city centre, I don't want to take yoga lessons, I cook, I buy second-hand cars and I don't mind if my commute is longer than five minutes.

@DL Ivan
As I said in my previous comment, face value wise maybe you are right; however you need to understand that 80% of all global tax legislation is German. This means that it has tons of loopholes available not only for high income earners and you can deduct lots of costs that you just can't in the UK. Example:

- Commuting mileage
- Costs with job applications
- Costs with education
- Costs with special circumstances (a very flexible term)
- Costs of a home office
- etc.etc.etc.

Hence in my experience, Germany and especially the Frankfurt area where I have lots of job opportunities in my line of work, just work out much better for us. You are right that costs of living outside London are much lower, however the British economy is so biased around the south east of England that it is highly unlikely to get a job elsewhere (which is not the case of Germany).

Hello #DJ Ivan,

Well I used to live in the UK for many years and yes, if you are single and on the lower scale of the income ladder, then the UK income tax is lower than the German. However as soon as you are more experienced and your circumstances change, e.g. you marry and have children, in comparison Germany is much better for you as you have an amazing Kindergeld and lots of tax breaks for families that you just don't have in the UK. Also, I wonder what you do consider a decent car, if you want a new car every year then of course its not a lot of money to buy that but if you are just a little knowledgable about cars and car maintenance, you will certainly not need to spend 600 Euros a month on it like someone else posted on here. I have driven some nice, powerful cars for many years on half that much money and that would include fuel costs. Nowadays cars are good enough to be used for many years even if they are 10 years old especially if we are talking about cars with larger engines that were driven carefully.

I am now considering a move with my family to the area as we will be around 50% better off there than where we live now and I will not even talk about other aspects in your quality of life such as distance to commute to work (in the UK's south-east you are lucky if you take less than an hour to get to work, usually will all disruptions you can count on two hours each way...and I paid 500 Pounds a month for that experience called national rail...).

Hi all,

I am looking at housing market in Franfurt and would like to find a detailed table for the current prices (flats/houses).
Any idea where I could find some of those info?

Many thanks!

Hello TA,

don't come to Germany. The taxes here are just impossible. At the end, you will end up with 3.000 Euro net salary, from which you pay 1.000 Euro for your rent. With the remaining 2.000, you will be just OK but cannot even buy a decent car, I don't even mention an own house etc. Most of the Germans will say that this is a great income level, but it is just because they are used to pay for others and live just moderately, not assuming how poor they are actually.

As an IT specialist there are currently 2 possibilites, which are by far better than Germany or UK:
- USA California: I assume quite difficult to get there
- Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Romania): Due to the very low taxes there, the Net Salaries for IT Professionals are just the same like in Western Europe. On the other way, the cost of living is lower and you could afford much more things.

Hey all ,

I'm having an offer with 77K Euros gross , it is ok to live with this in Frankfurt ? and how much is the Taxes in Frankfurt ?

I plan to relocate from London to Frankfurt on an annual gross salary of 100k euros. I have a family of 5 (3 kids). Will this amount be enough for us, as we will be paying school fees for the children to attend bilingual schools since we can't speak German.
Please advice me.

I will be shifting alone to frankfurt in april and my per month salary will be 2200€ after taxes.
Whether it will be enough to lead a average lifestyle there.

I am married with no children and my wife doesn't have work. How much is my net pay for 65k pa. I heard there is a church tax, does everyone have to pay church tax even if non-German citizen but Catholic, Jew or Protestant?

Hi Dido,
it is quite impossible to answer your questions without knowing your educational background, your language proficiency in German and your country of origin. These matters will all play a role under which conditions you will be admitted to a University in Germany.
You will find relevant information at these websites:
https://www.daad.de/deutschland/de/
https://www.study-in.de/de/
http://www.studieren-in-deutschland.org/
http://www.studium-ratgeber.de/studieninfos-auslaender.php
You can check the relevant conditions for your country of origin at
https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nach-deutschland/voraussetzungen/de/6017-zulassungsvoraussetzungen/
In principle I consider your budget somewhat on the short side, especially if you may not be allowed to work (depending on your country of origin).

My personal estimation for the gross salaries p.a. (before tax and social expense) in Frankfurt (for having a decent life of course).
I would put these in 4 categories:
absolute minim/OK/good/super

Single Person:
40k/50k/65k/80k

Couple without children (total earnings of both):
50k/65k/80k/100k

Couple with 1 child (total earnings of both), excl. Kindergeld:
65k/80k/100k/120k

Add 15k for each additional child to each category.