Cologne vs Turin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Turin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1424
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$3609
🏠 One person rent	$947	$657
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1189
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$1737
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	52
😀 Quality of life	96	82
🏙️ Population	1.09M	842K

The cost of living in Cologne is 22% more expensive than in Turin. Cities ranked 2551st and 3782nd ($1744 vs $1424) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 33rd in Germany and Italy, respectively. Check Germany vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.2 months in Turin. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Turin ranked 5th in Italy, while ranked 12th and 455th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Cologne vs Turin infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/cologne/turin.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Cologne vs Turin infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/cologne/turin" target="_blank">Cologne vs Turin - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Cologne vs Turin

Prices for goods and services in Cologne and Turin are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Cologne	Turin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$62.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$658
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$464
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1280
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$887
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$27.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$3850
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$2002
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$40
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$16.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$2.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$7.39
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$3.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$40.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$8.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$100
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$641
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$12194

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

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 Turin

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Asti	$1209
62 km or 39 mi	Biella	$1162
63 km or 39 mi	Vercelli	$1202
74 km or 46 mi	Alessandria	$1293
77 km or 48 mi	Mondovi	$1203
77 km or 48 mi	Cuneo	$1074
80 km or 50 mi	Aosta	$1474
83 km or 52 mi	Novara	$1157
94 km or 58 mi	Tortona	$1401
96 km or 59 mi	Vigevano	$1503
103 km or 64 mi	Voghera	$1389
105 km or 65 mi	Savona	$1512
109 km or 67 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1496
115 km or 71 mi	Pavia	$1271
115 km or 72 mi	Chamonix	$1723
118 km or 73 mi	Buccinasco	$1576
122 km or 76 mi	Varese	$1422
122 km or 76 mi	Saronno	$1592
122 km or 76 mi	Genoa	$1470
125 km or 78 mi	Milan	$2022
132 km or 82 mi	Sion	$1950
134 km or 83 mi	Imperia	$1344
134 km or 83 mi	Seregno	$1503
134 km or 83 mi	Cantu	$1506
136 km or 84 mi	Monza	$1586
136 km or 85 mi	Como	$1634
139 km or 86 mi	Sanremo	$1362
142 km or 88 mi	Ventimiglia	$1452
144 km or 89 mi	Lodi	$1228
144 km or 89 mi	Lugano	$2507
145 km or 90 mi	Menton	$1364
149 km or 93 mi	Monte Carlo	$6747
150 km or 93 mi	Chambery	$1310
150 km or 93 mi	Monaco City	$6593
153 km or 95 mi	Annecy	$1522
155 km or 97 mi	Grenoble	$1434
156 km or 97 mi	Nice	$1673
156 km or 97 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
157 km or 98 mi	Piacenza	$1334
159 km or 99 mi	Lecco	$1321