Cologne vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$947	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$1922
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	37
😀 Quality of life	96	73
🏙️ Population	1.09M	6.44K

The cost of living in Cologne is 10% more expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 2551st and 3109th ($1744 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 3rd in Germany and Malta, respectively. Check Germany vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 12th and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Valletta

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	Cologne	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$8456

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348