Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Source confidence: city-level Eurostat population/city-level Eurostat transit; WMO climate; cost/healthcare country-level; airport and rent unavailable
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749,596city-level population
76/100data confidence score
7source coverage count
Germanycountry context
Population and basics
| Population | 749,596 | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2024; collected: 2026-05-29 |
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| Country | Germany | country-level label from data/global/countries.json |
| Region | Central Europe | curated-level regional grouping |
| Location type | city | curated-level location hierarchy label |
| Urban Audit code | DE005C | city-level Eurostat/GISCO identifier |
| Functional urban area code | DE005F | FUA-level Eurostat/GISCO identifier |
Climate: city-level Eurostat vs station normals
30-year station normals
| Summer high | 26.6 C | centroid-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: NOAA GHCN and WMO climate normals; year: 2020; collected: 2026-07-06; Offenbach-Wetterpark WMO station, 10.6 km from centroid |
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| Winter low | -0.6 C | centroid-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: NOAA GHCN and WMO climate normals; year: 2020; collected: 2026-07-06; Offenbach-Wetterpark WMO station, 10.6 km from centroid |
City-level Eurostat and available climate context
| Warmest-month average | 19.4 C | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2011; collected: 2026-05-29 |
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| Coldest-month average | 2.6 C | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2011; collected: 2026-05-29 |
| Sunshine | 1,972.3 hrs/year | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2011; collected: 2026-05-29; Eurostat EN1002V hours/day converted to annual hours |
| Annual precipitation | 662.6 mm/year | centroid-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: NOAA GHCN and WMO climate normals; year: 2020; collected: 2026-07-06; Offenbach-Wetterpark WMO station, 10.6 km from centroid |
| Precipitation and humidity | 93/100 | centroid-level; quality: formula; confidence: high; source: NOAA GHCN and WMO climate normals; year: 2020; collected: 2026-07-06; Deterministic comfort score centered on 750 mm annual precipitation |
| Air quality | 21.7 | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2013; collected: 2026-05-29; Eurostat PM10 city indicator used as comparable particulate signal |
Daily life: mode shares and commute
| Transit and walkability | 60/100 | city-level; quality: formula; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2016; collected: 2026-05-29; Sum of Eurostat walking, bicycle, and public-transport commute shares where available |
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| Walk commute share | 9.5% | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2016; collected: 2026-05-29 |
| Bike commute share | 11.3% | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2016; collected: 2026-05-29 |
| Transit commute share | 39.2% | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2016; collected: 2026-05-29 |
| Commute time | 27 | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2016; collected: 2026-05-29 |
| Food and culture | 90/100 | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2019; collected: 2024-04-08; Eurostat perception survey: Cultural facilities very/rather satisfied |
| Public-space access | 78/100 | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2019; collected: 2024-04-08; Eurostat perception survey: Public spaces very/rather satisfied |
Country-level context
These rows are country-level context unless the metric context states otherwise; they are not city-specific claims.
| Housing cost band | middle country ppp context | country-level; quality: formula; confidence: low; source: World Bank International Comparison Program; year: 2025; collected: 2026-07-01; Country-level PPP conversion factor band; no city rent benchmark is ingested in M2-S6 |
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| Local price level | 0.71 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank International Comparison Program; year: 2025; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| GDP per capita PPP | $62,555 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank World Development Indicators; year: 2024; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| Purchasing-power context | 62,554.6 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank World Development Indicators; year: 2024; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| Healthcare access | 87/100 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: WHO Global Health Observatory; year: 2023; collected: 2025-12-05 |
| Life expectancy | 80.8 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank World Development Indicators; year: 2024; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| Doctors | 45.9 per 10,000 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: WHO Global Health Observatory; year: 2023; collected: 2026-01-23 |
| Nurses and midwives | 124 per 10,000 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: WHO Global Health Observatory; year: 2023; collected: 2026-01-23 |
| Country unemployment | 3.71% | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank World Development Indicators; year: 2025; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| Internet users | 93.5% | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank World Development Indicators; year: 2024; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| UTC offset | 1 hours | country-level; quality: curated; confidence: medium; source: GeoNames geographical database; collected: 2026-07-06; Static standard-time country table; DST differences are not modeled in this beta metric |
| US East work overlap | 2 hours | country-level; quality: formula; confidence: medium; source: GeoNames geographical database; collected: 2026-07-06; Overlap of 09:00-17:00 local standard time with 09:00-17:00 US Eastern standard time |
No comparable city-level rent benchmark is available in this Global Beta build; verify current local listings. proxy-level; quality: unavailable; confidence: low; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); No comparable city-level rent benchmark source is ingested for M2-S6
Language and practical context
| Primary languages | DE | country-level language codes from data/global/countries.json |
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| Currency | EUR | country-level practical context |
| Primary-language fit | N/A | country-level; quality: curated; confidence: medium; source: CIA World Factbook; collected: 2026-07-06; Primary languages from curated wave-one country seed |
| English usability | N/A | country-level; quality: curated; confidence: low; source: CIA World Factbook; collected: 2026-07-06; Curated country-level practical note; intentionally not converted into a numeric score |
| Visa research status | official links seeded unverified | country-level; quality: curated; confidence: low; source: CIA World Factbook; collected: 2026-07-06; M1 country research URLs are official-link seeds and remain marked unverified |
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Get started in Frankfurt am Main
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Official city portal
- Service and City HallOfficialOfficial Frankfurt am Main municipal service hub for city services, administration, online appointments, forms, and service topics.
Residency & registration
- Registering a ResidenceOfficialOfficial Stadt Frankfurt am Main service page for registering a residence after moving into a dwelling in Frankfurt.
Tax number & registration
- Tax Identification NumberOfficialFederal Central Tax Office page for Germany's tax identification number for private individuals.
Healthcare access
- Health InsuranceOfficialOfficial Make it in Germany overview of health insurance in Germany, including statutory and private health-insurance topics for newcomers.
- People Insured in Statutory Health InsuranceOfficialFederal Health Ministry page describing statutory health-insurance membership categories and related health-insurance terms.
Housing search
- Housing Search and Housing PlacementOfficialOfficial Frankfurt housing-office page about subsidized housing search, registration for social housing, and municipal housing placement.
- Shared Rooms in Frankfurt am MainCommercialGerman rental portal page for shared-room listings in Frankfurt am Main, with current listings and local rental-search information.
Getting around
- RMV Tickets OverviewOfficialOfficial VGF page summarizing RMV tickets for Frankfurt and the RMV area, including single tickets, day tickets, season tickets, and corporate tickets.
- Monthly and Weekly TicketsOfficialOfficial RMV page for monthly tickets, weekly tickets, subscription tickets, and the Deutschland-Ticket in the Frankfurt/Rhein-Main transport network.
Banking, SIM & utilities
- Basic Payment AccountOfficialBaFin consumer page about the basic payment account and payment-account topics in Germany.
- Provider Change and MovingOfficialFederal Network Agency page covering telecommunications provider changes, moving, phone-number portability, and related consumer-service topics.
Newcomer & integration services
- Frankfurt Welcome & Information CenterOfficialOfficial AmkA welcome center page for arrival, residence, German learning, work, family, health, events, and multilingual newcomer orientation.
- Online GuideOfficialAmkA online guide with contacts, advice centers, and points of contact for living in Frankfurt, available in many languages.
Community & networks
- Diversity Moves FrankfurtOfficialMunicipal AmkA platform for diversity-related events and information in Frankfurt, including volunteer engagement, community meetings, language learning, and culture.
- Find it in FRM: Internationality and CommunitiesCommunityGerman-language regional directory page for international communities, newcomer networks, expat contacts, and international meetups in FrankfurtRheinMain.
Language courses
- Learning GermanOfficialAmkA guide page for German-learning options in Frankfurt, including integration courses, paid courses, free courses, and support finding a course.
- German Courses and Integration Courses in FrankfurtOfficialVHS Frankfurt page for German as a foreign language, integration courses, course formats, placement, and exams.
Schools & childcare
- School RegistrationOfficialOfficial Stadt Frankfurt am Main service page for registering a school-age child with a school after moving to Frankfurt.
- Child Daycare - Pre-Registration for a Childcare Place in kindernetfrankfurt.deOfficialOfficial Stadt Frankfurt am Main service page for the central childcare pre-registration system covering crèches, kindergartens, after-school care, and daycare families.
Safety & essentials
- Hotlines and Emergency NumbersOfficialOfficial Frankfurt page listing emergency numbers and local hotlines, including police, fire and rescue services, city police, 115, and support hotlines.
- Representations of Your Country in GermanyOfficialGerman Federal Foreign Office country overview for foreign embassies and consulates in Germany, useful as an official consulate pointer.
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Nearest cities
- Köln, Germany 93 mi away
- Stuttgart, Germany 96 mi away
- Dortmund, Germany 109 mi away
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Data sources and freshness
- CIA World FactbookYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: country-level, proxy-levelStatus: active | License: U.S. government public data | Refresh: annual or as updated
- Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit)Years in this location: 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2024 | Levels: city-level, proxy-levelStatus: active | License: Eurostat standard reuse policy | Refresh: annual
- GeoNames geographical databaseYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: country-levelStatus: active | License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 | Refresh: continuous; snapshot date required
- Eurostat GISCO Urban Audit geographyYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: proxy-levelStatus: active | License: Eurostat/GISCO reuse policy | Refresh: as GISCO publishes boundary updates
- Natural EarthYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: proxy-levelStatus: planned | License: Public domain | Refresh: as Natural Earth releases updates
- NOAA GHCN and WMO climate normalsYears in this location: 2020 | Levels: centroid-levelStatus: active | License: U.S. government public data | Refresh: on normals release cycle
- OECD city, FUA, regional, and local-area datasetsYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: proxy-levelStatus: active | License: OECD terms and conditions | Refresh: annual or dataset-specific
- OurAirportsYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: proxy-levelStatus: planned | License: Public domain | Refresh: continuous; snapshot date required
- WHO Global Health ObservatoryYears in this location: 2023 | Levels: country-level, proxy-levelStatus: active | License: WHO data terms | Refresh: indicator-specific
- World Bank International Comparison ProgramYears in this location: 2025 | Levels: country-levelStatus: active | License: World Bank open data terms | Refresh: release-cycle
- World Bank World Development IndicatorsYears in this location: 2024, 2025 | Levels: country-levelStatus: active | License: World Bank open data terms | Refresh: annual or indicator-specific
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