Cologne vs Funabashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Funabashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$3170
🏠 One person rent	$947	$550
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1063
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$140
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$1886
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	97
😀 Quality of life	96	77
🏙️ Population	1.09M	641K

The cost of living in Cologne is 42% more expensive than in Funabashi. Cities ranked 2551st and 4393rd ($1744 vs $1231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 30th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.5 months in Funabashi. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Funabashi ranked 47th in Japan, while ranked 12th and 754th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Funabashi

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	Cologne	Funabashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$16.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1017
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$763
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$29.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$5282
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$3176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$54.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$5.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$7.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$40.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$6.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$47.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$14434

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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 Funabashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Narashino	$1129
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Urayasu	$1099
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kamagaya	$1057
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yachiyo	$1107
13 km or 7.8 mi	Matsudo	$1164
13 km or 7.9 mi	Shiroi	$1059
13 km or 7.9 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.3 mi	Chiba	$1267
17 km or 11 mi	Yotsukaido	$1094
18 km or 11 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
18 km or 11 mi	Misato	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Yashio	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Abiko	$1045
19 km or 12 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
21 km or 13 mi	Inzai	$1058
22 km or 13 mi	Soka	$1104
22 km or 14 mi	Sakura	$1077
25 km or 15 mi	Toride	$1047
25 km or 16 mi	Ichihara	$1134
25 km or 16 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
26 km or 16 mi	Shisui	$1060
26 km or 16 mi	Tokyo	$1607
26 km or 16 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
28 km or 17 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
29 km or 18 mi	Moriya	$1051
29 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1055
30 km or 18 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
30 km or 19 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
30 km or 19 mi	Tsukubamirai	$1015
31 km or 19 mi	Yachimata	$1067
31 km or 19 mi	Noda	$1125
31 km or 19 mi	Ryugasaki	$1044
31 km or 19 mi	Toda	$1041
31 km or 19 mi	Warabi	$1033
31 km or 19 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
32 km or 20 mi	Narita	$1055
32 km or 20 mi	Kawasaki	$1249
33 km or 20 mi	Tomisato	$1054
35 km or 22 mi	Wako	$1098