Cologne vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$947	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	92	35
😀 Quality of life	96	53
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.43M

The cost of living in Cologne is 78% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 2551st and 5623rd ($1744 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 19th 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 0.7 months in Puebla. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 12th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Puebla

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	Cologne	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699