Cologne vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$2900
🏠 One person rent	$947	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1081
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$2064
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	92	100
😀 Quality of life	96	78
🏙️ Population	1.09M	594K

The cost of living in Cologne is 61% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 2551st and 4951st ($1744 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 211th 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 1.9 months in Kawaguchi. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Kawaguchi ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 12th and 653rd 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	$13.1	$3.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$3.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$804
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$6608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$3750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$5.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$34.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$14573

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124