Cologne vs Fresno - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Fresno
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$2371
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$5290
🏠 One person rent	$947	$1530
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$2614
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$3697
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	42
😀 Quality of life	96	78
🏙️ Population	1.09M	542K

The cost of living in Cologne is 26% less expensive than in Fresno. Cities ranked 2551st and 1005th ($1744 vs $2371) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 920th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.6 months in Fresno. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Fresno ranked 188th in the United States, while ranked 12th and 659th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Fresno

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	Cologne	Fresno
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$7.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$2.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$1417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$1287
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$2393
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$2299
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$64.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$2797
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$2801
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$44.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$4.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$8.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$4.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$1.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$11.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$8.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$5.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$3.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$37.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$978
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$12984

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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 Fresno

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Clovis	$2361
23 km or 14 mi	Sanger	$2490
28 km or 18 mi	Selma	$2506
31 km or 19 mi	Madera	$2773
37 km or 23 mi	Reedley	$2501
44 km or 28 mi	Dinuba	$2453
52 km or 32 mi	Hanford	$2494
53 km or 33 mi	Lemoore	$2559
66 km or 41 mi	Visalia	$2120
76 km or 47 mi	Tulare	$2303
79 km or 49 mi	Corcoran	$2599
84 km or 52 mi	Merced	$2154
96 km or 60 mi	Atwater	$2370
99 km or 61 mi	Los Banos	$2775
105 km or 65 mi	Porterville	$2555
123 km or 76 mi	Delano	$2603
124 km or 77 mi	Turlock	$2490
138 km or 86 mi	Ceres	$2422
138 km or 86 mi	Wasco	$2588
142 km or 88 mi	Patterson	$2792
143 km or 89 mi	Soledad	$2801
143 km or 89 mi	Hollister	$2934
144 km or 89 mi	Sonora	$2740
145 km or 90 mi	Modesto	$2346
145 km or 90 mi	Oakdale	$2571
147 km or 91 mi	Riverbank	$2433
150 km or 93 mi	Paso Robles	$2238
161 km or 100 mi	Gilroy	$3006
165 km or 102 mi	Atascadero	$2033
166 km or 103 mi	Salinas	$3074
168 km or 104 mi	Bakersfield	$2306
170 km or 106 mi	Manteca	$2622
170 km or 106 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
175 km or 109 mi	Lathrop	$2646
176 km or 109 mi	Watsonville	$3437
179 km or 112 mi	Marina	$2536
180 km or 112 mi	Tracy	$2135
184 km or 114 mi	Seaside	$1995
185 km or 115 mi	San Luis Obispo	$2717
188 km or 117 mi	Stockton	$2170