Cologne vs Faisalabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Faisalabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$306
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$769
🏠 One person rent	$947	$99.5
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$178
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$121
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$41.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$189
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	43
😀 Quality of life	96	39
🏙️ Population	1.09M	3.2M

The cost of living in Cologne is 470% more expensive than in Faisalabad. Cities ranked 2551st and 9193rd ($1744 vs $306) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 30th in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.6 months in Faisalabad. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Faisalabad ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 12th and 7026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Faisalabad

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	Cologne	Faisalabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$1.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$7.14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$3.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$67.2
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$45.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$100
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$36.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$56.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$12.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	19.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$3.57
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$3.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$2.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$3.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$0.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$2.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$1.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$13.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$3.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$1.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$15.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$71.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$27.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$1151

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Faisalabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
34 km or 21 mi	Chiniot	$389
35 km or 22 mi	Sahiwal	$305
48 km or 30 mi	Gojra	$342
74 km or 46 mi	Jhang	$292
77 km or 48 mi	Okara	$300
83 km or 52 mi	Sargodha	$458
92 km or 57 mi	Hafizabad	$380
93 km or 58 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
121 km or 75 mi	Lahore	$411
125 km or 78 mi	Kamoke	$321
132 km or 82 mi	Gujranwala	$308
136 km or 84 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
146 km or 91 mi	Burewala	$356
159 km or 99 mi	Gujrat	$373
166 km or 103 mi	Khanewal	$361
169 km or 105 mi	Amritsar	$383
182 km or 113 mi	Sialkot	$281
201 km or 125 mi	Mirpur	$354
209 km or 130 mi	Multan	$392
222 km or 138 mi	Jammu	$287
238 km or 148 mi	Jalandhar	$358
243 km or 151 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
254 km or 158 mi	Islamabad	$442
261 km or 162 mi	Pathankot	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
268 km or 167 mi	Wah	$382
270 km or 167 mi	Ludhiana	$441
279 km or 173 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
286 km or 178 mi	Kohat	$379
323 km or 201 mi	Peshawar	$346
325 km or 202 mi	Mardan	$366
331 km or 206 mi	Baramulla	$273
338 km or 210 mi	Srinagar	$354
352 km or 219 mi	Patiala	$365
359 km or 223 mi	Hisar	$251
362 km or 225 mi	Chandigarh	$369
365 km or 227 mi	Khost	$366
379 km or 235 mi	Bikaner	$297
379 km or 235 mi	Mingora	$364
391 km or 243 mi	Shimla	$272