Cologne vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cologne	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1968	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4619	$809
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$1830	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$536	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$196	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	91	47
😀 Quality of life	96	43
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.97M

The cost of living in Cologne is 488% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 2104th and 9121st ($1968 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 21st in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cologne compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Cologne ranked 1st best city to live in Germany vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 23rd and 7430th 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	$15.4	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.5	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.26	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.06	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.38	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1103	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1997	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1478	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6855	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5848	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.93	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.6	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.16	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.3	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.3	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.3	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$98	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19386	$2261

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1759
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$2037
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1745
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1744
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1741
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1740
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1726
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1750
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1699
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1740
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1711
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1702
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1727
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1736
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1708
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1695
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1770
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1694
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1678
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1716
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1642
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1747
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1957
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1674
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1691
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1654
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1630
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1645
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1650
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1666
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1659
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1608
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1661
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1611
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1650
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1613
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1662
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1979

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684