Cologne vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cologne	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1851	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4479	$2809
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1819	$1064
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3275	$2198
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	92	100
😀 Quality of life	97	79
🏙️ Population	1.08M	594K

The cost of living in Cologne is 75% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 2308th and 5234th ($1851 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 362nd 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 2.1 months in Kawaguchi. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 16th and 584th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Kawaguchi

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	Cologne	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2061	$1103
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$830
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$95.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4%	1.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6540	$6874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5856	$4013
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.56	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$67.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.37	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.82	$4.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$9.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$57.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.7	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$19.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$60.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$822	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16860	$12607

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1610
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1947
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1636
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1529
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1638
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1576
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1557
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1593
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1577
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1647
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1620
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1563
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1634
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1586
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1612
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1580
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1606
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1566
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1582
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1572
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1530
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1594
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1765
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1578
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1652
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1564
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1493
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1558
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1569
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1531
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1567
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1415
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1571
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1453
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1550
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1566
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1527
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1548
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1542
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1861

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095