Cologne vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$947	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	92	96
😀 Quality of life	96	74
🏙️ Population	1.09M	13.1M

The cost of living in Cologne is 40% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2551st and 4359th ($1744 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 12th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Moscow

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	Cologne	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592