Cologne vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$947	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$522
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	46
😀 Quality of life	96	55
🏙️ Population	1.09M	2.96M

The cost of living in Cologne is 104% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 2551st and 6253rd ($1744 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Germany and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 12th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Tashkent

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	Cologne	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785