Cologne vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cologne	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1752	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4185	$2769
🏠 One person rent	$967	$500
🏘️ Family rent	$1672	$981
🍽️ Food expenses	$477	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3141	$2205
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	92	100
😀 Quality of life	96	80
🏙️ Population	1.07M	593K

The cost of living in Cologne is 66% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 2484th and 4965th ($1752 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 183rd 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 1st best city to live in Germany vs Kawaguchi ranked 19th in Japan, while ranked 12th and 446th 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	$12.9	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.9	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$3.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$925	$484
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1272	$708
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$246	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.69%	1.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5594	$5296
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3486	$3256
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.41	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.2	$51.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$25.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.27	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$3.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$5.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.32	$5.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.18	$4.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$46
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.7	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.4	$39.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$57.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16182	$13821

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$988
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1071
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1063
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1045
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1133
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1052
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1041
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1009
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1556
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1049
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1053
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1051
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1057
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1143
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1031
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1068
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1052
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1058
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1101
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1063
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$985
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1035
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1069
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1136
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1102
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1043
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1099
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1067
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1037
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1078