Cologne vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$947	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	99
😀 Quality of life	96	95
🏙️ Population	1.09M	2.15M

The cost of living in Cologne is 23% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2551st and 1222nd ($1744 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Germany and France, respectively. Check Germany vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 12th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Paris

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	Cologne	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293