Cologne vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cologne	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1851	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4479	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$1819	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3275	$437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	92	56
😀 Quality of life	97	58
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.42M

The cost of living in Cologne is 150% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 2308th and 6712th ($1851 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 23rd in Germany and Brazil, respectively. Check Germany vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.6 months in Salvador. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 16th and 5558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Salvador

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	Cologne	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2061	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6540	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5856	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.56	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.37	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.82	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.7	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$822	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16860	$10964

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1610
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1947
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1636
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1529
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1638
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1576
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1557
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1593
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1577
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1647
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1620
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1563
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1634
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1586
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1612
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1580
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1606
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1566
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1582
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1572
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1530
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1594
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1765
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1578
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1652
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1564
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1493
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1558
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1569
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1531
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1567
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1415
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1571
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1453
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1550
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1566
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1527
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1548
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1542
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1861

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610