Cologne vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$947	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$3986
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	60
😀 Quality of life	96	87
🏙️ Population	1.09M	246K

The cost of living in Cologne is 4% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 2551st and 2336th ($1744 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1917th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 12th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Louisville

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	Cologne	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974