Cologne vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cologne	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1752	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4185	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$967	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1672	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$477	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3141	$818
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	92	8
😀 Quality of life	96	59
🏙️ Population	1.07M	24.7K

The cost of living in Cologne is 9% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 2484th and 3034th ($1752 vs $1608) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 1st in Germany and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Germany vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Cologne ranked 1st best city to live in Germany vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 12th and 5511th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Victoria

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	Cologne	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.9	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$925	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1272	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$246	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.69%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5594	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3486	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.41	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.2	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.27	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.32	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.18	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.7	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.4	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16182	$8062

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1520
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1778
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1542
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1468
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1551
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1500
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1490
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1515
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1499
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1575
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1547
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1562
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1512
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1556
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1501
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1516
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1498
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1505
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1504
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1462
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1520
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1593
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1501
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1484
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1388
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1458
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1484
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1488
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1276
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1493
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1516
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1489
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1476
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1432
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1478
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1506
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1776

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524