Best areas to live in Frankfurt

Our picks in Frankfurt for different needs, based on official rents and our area guides. Within each list, cheaper areas come first.

Most affordable

  1. Sindlingen €7.80/m² · €
    The lowest rents in our data
  2. Schwanheim €7.97/m² · €
    Families and green space
  3. Riederwald €8.07/m² · €
    Lower rents
  4. Sossenheim €8.33/m² · €
    Lower rents
  5. Zeilsheim €8.42/m² · €
    Lower rents

For students

  1. Bockenheim €11.65/m² · €€€€
    Students and good shops
  2. Westend Nord €12.11/m² · €€€€€
    Students, the university and green space
  3. Kalbach-Riedberg €12.45/m² · €€€€€
    Students, families and new flats

For families

  1. Schwanheim €7.97/m² · €
    Families and green space
  2. Heddernheim €8.50/m² · €
    Families and good U-Bahn
  3. Berkersheim €8.79/m² · €€
    Families and green space
  4. Nieder-Eschbach €9.15/m² · €€
    Families and green space
  5. Seckbach €9.23/m² · €€
    Families and green space

For nightlife

  1. Sachsenhausen Nord €11.75/m² · €€€€€
    Museums, the river and nightlife
  2. Nordend Ost €11.80/m² · €€€€€
    Cafés, bars and families
  3. Bahnhofsviertel €13.59/m² · €€€€€
    Nightlife, food and the main station

Quiet & green

  1. Schwanheim €7.97/m² · €
    Families and green space
  2. Berkersheim €8.79/m² · €€
    Families and green space
  3. Nieder-Eschbach €9.15/m² · €€
    Families and green space
  4. Seckbach €9.23/m² · €€
    Families and green space
  5. Bergen-Enkheim €9.29/m² · €€
    Families and green space

For commuters

  1. Sindlingen €7.80/m² · €
    The lowest rents in our data
  2. Schwanheim €7.97/m² · €
    Families and green space
  3. Riederwald €8.07/m² · €
    Lower rents
  4. Sossenheim €8.33/m² · €
    Lower rents
  5. Zeilsheim €8.42/m² · €
    Lower rents

Price level compares this area's rent with the others in the same city (€ = cheapest fifth, €€€€€ = most expensive fifth). Trend compares the rise since the first year of data with the city as a whole. Tags come from the area guide.