Cologne vs Ecatepec de Morelos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Ecatepec de Morelos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$704
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$1478
🏠 One person rent	$947	$346
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$367
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$610
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	92	87
😀 Quality of life	96	51
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.93M

The cost of living in Cologne is 148% more expensive than in Ecatepec de Morelos. Cities ranked 2551st and 6869th ($1744 vs $704) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 108th in Germany and Mexico, respectively. Check Germany vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.9 months in Ecatepec de Morelos. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Ecatepec de Morelos ranked 19th in Mexico, while ranked 12th and 6189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Ecatepec de Morelos

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	Cologne	Ecatepec de Morelos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$4.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$9.98
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$2.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$347
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$287
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$540
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$28.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$43.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$19.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	11.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$2214
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$1605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$7.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$4.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$3.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$37.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$55
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$6402

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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

Cities near Ecatepec de Morelos

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Tultepec	$747
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
17 km or 10 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
18 km or 11 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
21 km or 13 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Mexico City	$1160
22 km or 14 mi	Zumpango	$761
23 km or 14 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
24 km or 15 mi	Naucalpan	$800
26 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
41 km or 25 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
67 km or 41 mi	Pachuca	$632
72 km or 45 mi	Toluca	$696
78 km or 49 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
81 km or 50 mi	Jiutepec	$752
88 km or 55 mi	Cuautla	$858
100 km or 62 mi	Atlixco	$825
107 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
118 km or 73 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
130 km or 81 mi	Taxco	$788
132 km or 82 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
149 km or 92 mi	Iguala	$821
178 km or 110 mi	Queretaro	$983
178 km or 111 mi	Teziutlan	$770
197 km or 122 mi	Poza Rica	$635
211 km or 131 mi	Celaya	$638
215 km or 134 mi	Tehuacan	$485
220 km or 137 mi	Coatepec	$700
221 km or 137 mi	Orizaba	$724
222 km or 138 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Xalapa	$574
225 km or 140 mi	Morelia	$717
228 km or 141 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
233 km or 145 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
236 km or 146 mi	Cordoba	$759
249 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
265 km or 165 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
268 km or 166 mi	Irapuato	$667