Cologne vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$947	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	92
😀 Quality of life	96	67
🏙️ Population	1.09M	9.21M

The cost of living in Cologne is 50% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2551st and 4604th ($1744 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 7th in Germany and Mexico, respectively. Check Germany vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 12th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Mexico City

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	Cologne	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$9034

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804