Cologne vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$824
🏠 One person rent	$947	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$190
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	92	48
😀 Quality of life	96	40
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.97M

The cost of living in Cologne is 404% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 2551st and 9093rd ($1744 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 20th in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 12th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Peshawar

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	Cologne	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596