Cologne vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$947	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	22
😀 Quality of life	96	58
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.96M

The cost of living in Cologne is 67% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 2551st and 5176th ($1744 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 12th 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 0.8 months in Tijuana. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 12th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Tijuana

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	Cologne	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677