Cologne vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cologne	Lusaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1851	$685
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4479	$1880
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$1819	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3275	$332
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	36
😀 Quality of life	97	48
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.47M

The cost of living in Cologne is 170% more expensive than in Lusaka. Cities ranked 2308th and 7016th ($1851 vs $685) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 9th in Germany and Zambia, respectively. Check Germany vs Zambia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.5 months in Lusaka. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Lusaka ranked 1st in Zambia, while ranked 16th and 6308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Lusaka

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	Cologne	Lusaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$6.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$3.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$191
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$103
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2061	$881
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$66.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44	$63.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4%	21.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6540	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5856	$4865
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.56	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$12.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$6.99
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$5.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.37	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.82	$2.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$2.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$42.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$3.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.7	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$4.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$822	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16860	$5845

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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 Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$725
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$1139
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$1116
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1090
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$1028
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$729
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$670
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$1012
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$731
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$810
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$1017
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$761
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$939
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$756
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$834
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$871
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$947
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$662
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$582
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$585
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$1079
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$953
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$574
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$591
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$498
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$516
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$534
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$500
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$600
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$554
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1000
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$663
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$433
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$670