Cologne vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cologne	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1752	$815
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4185	$2039
🏠 One person rent	$967	$281
🏘️ Family rent	$1672	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$477	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3141	$367
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	92	11
😀 Quality of life	96	11
🏙️ Population	1.07M	760K

The cost of living in Cologne is 115% more expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 2484th and 6334th ($1752 vs $815) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 2nd in Germany and Somalia, respectively. Check Germany vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.5 months in Hargeisa. Cologne ranked 1st best city to live in Germany vs Hargeisa ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 12th and 9249th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Hargeisa

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	Cologne	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.9	$17.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$10.1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$0.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$925	$329
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$150
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1272	$297
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$67.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$246	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.69%	7.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5594	$2502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3486	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.41	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.2	$79.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$3.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.27	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.32	$3.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.18	$1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$3.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$23.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.7	$171
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$59.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.4	$29.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$25
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$43.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16182	$961

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1520
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1778
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1542
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1468
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1551
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1500
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1490
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1515
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1499
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1575
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1547
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1562
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1512
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1556
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1501
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1516
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1498
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1505
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1504
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1462
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1520
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1593
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1501
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1484
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1388
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1458
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1484
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1488
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1276
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1493
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1516
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1489
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1476
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1432
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1478
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1506
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1776

Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$602
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$702
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$676
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$524
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$705
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$551
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$524
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$522
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$486
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$490
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$481
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$820
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$466
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$470
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$923
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$489
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$467
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$523
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$800
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$840
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$805
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$883
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$468
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$885
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$467
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$466
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$871
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$467
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$819
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$498
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$1047
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$466
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$923
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1061
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$920
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$959
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$857
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$938
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$486