Cologne vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cologne	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1752	$1217
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4185	$2927
🏠 One person rent	$967	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$1672	$1159
🍽️ Food expenses	$477	$396
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3141	$1017
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	92	49
😀 Quality of life	96	58
🏙️ Population	1.07M	1.48M

The cost of living in Cologne is 44% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 2484th and 4389th ($1752 vs $1217) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 10th 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 Zapopan. Cologne ranked 1st best city to live in Germany vs Zapopan ranked 4th in Mexico, while ranked 12th and 5642nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Zapopan

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	Cologne	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.9	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$2.36
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$3.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$1.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$925	$819
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1657
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1272	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$246	$91.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.69%	12.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5594	$4200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3486	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.41	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.2	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.27	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.32	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.18	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$7.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.7	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.4	$64.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16182	$5586

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1035
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$785
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$873
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$867
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$865
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$854
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$818
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$846
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$672
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$818
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$681
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$812
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1303
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$881
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$789
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$912
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$774
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$741
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$830
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$763
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1094
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$1076
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$707
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$812
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$630
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$774
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$765
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$682
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$784
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$984
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$996
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$900
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$915
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$793
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$994
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1185
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$781