Calgary vs Cologne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Cologne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$1744
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$4212
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$947
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$1673
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$3148
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	53	92
😀 Quality of life	90	96
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.09M

The cost of living in Calgary is 19% more expensive than in Cologne. Cities ranked 1646th and 2551st ($2077 vs $1744) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 24th in Canada and Germany, respectively. Check Canada vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.8 months in Cologne. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Cologne ranked 2nd in Germany, while ranked 153rd and 12th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Cologne

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	Calgary	Cologne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$13.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$4.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$963
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$1902
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$1332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$6163
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$5539
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$56.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$6.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$8.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$2.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$32.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$49.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$773
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$15595

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772