Cologne vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$947	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$692
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	92	54
😀 Quality of life	96	60
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.26M

The cost of living in Cologne is 137% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 2551st and 6742nd ($1744 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 21st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 12th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Kazan

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	Cologne	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867