Historical Prices in Cologne

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Restaurants

Year	Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant	Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course	McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal)
2023	12.78	62.00	10.37
2022	14.25	56.36	8.98
2021	11.13	50.13	7.75
2020	10.26	55.12	7.71
2019	8.50	49.12	7.56
2018	12.00	50.00	7.48
2017	9.20	48.89	7.12
2016	9.90	51.67	7.28
2015	11.75	57.20	7.13
2014	8.25	44.29	6.50
2013	7.50	43.33	-
2012	14.00	40.67	7.00
2011	9.50	47.00	7.00

Year	Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught)	Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)	Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle)	Water (0.33 liter bottle)	Cappuccino (regular)
2023	4.60	2.62	-	2.61	3.59
2022	3.59	3.12	2.37	1.98	2.92
2021	3.73	2.35	2.12	1.40	2.63
2020	4.34	3.80	2.49	2.25	2.81
2019	3.86	3.65	2.53	2.35	2.51
2018	3.50	3.52	2.45	2.36	2.73
2017	3.29	3.36	2.40	1.80	2.42
2016	3.19	3.31	2.22	1.95	2.70
2015	3.34	3.01	1.91	1.62	2.40
2014	3.07	2.83	2.21	1.81	2.34
2013	3.07	2.77	-	-	2.33
2012	3.83	3.23	2.47	2.20	3.67
2011	3.33	2.50	2.05	2.07	2.27

Markets

Year	Milk (regular), (1 liter)	Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g)	Eggs (regular) (12)	Water (1.5 liter bottle)	Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle)	Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)
2023	1.09	2.24	3.53	-	1.00	1.69
2022	1.17	1.98	2.68	0.63	0.88	1.82
2021	1.01	-	2.33	0.36	0.53	-
2020	0.96	1.11	2.63	0.72	0.93	-
2019	0.69	1.50	1.97	0.39	0.90	1.49
2018	0.72	1.46	1.98	0.57	0.82	0.92
2017	0.71	1.08	1.76	0.42	0.66	1.45
2016	0.77	1.31	1.82	0.42	0.94	1.62
2015	0.71	1.09	2.30	0.44	0.91	1.07
2014	0.76	1.11	2.26	0.41	0.77	1.24
2013	0.81	0.76	-	0.23	-	-
2012	0.58	1.03	1.90	0.33	0.87	1.33
2011	0.67	0.66	1.90	-	0.97	0.93

Year	Apples (1kg)	Oranges (1kg)	Potato (1kg)	Lettuce (1 head)	Rice (white), (1kg)	Tomato (1kg)	Banana (1kg)	Onion (1kg)
2023	2.17	2.01	1.46	1.79	2.96	2.16	1.48	1.82
2022	2.47	2.05	1.94	1.40	1.92	2.87	1.40	1.29
2021	-	-	-	-	2.00	0.94	1.59	-
2020	2.53	2.08	-	-	1.93	2.81	1.94	1.32
2019	2.24	1.52	1.00	0.99	1.90	2.16	1.57	0.99
2018	2.57	2.13	-	0.49	2.66	2.48	1.80	1.48
2017	1.99	2.49	0.81	1.05	1.87	2.79	1.68	0.74
2016	2.00	1.80	1.50	0.89	1.44	2.20	1.74	1.07
2015	1.86	1.75	0.91	0.89	1.43	2.40	1.61	3.16
2014	2.16	2.42	1.58	0.75	1.90	3.47	-	-
2013	-	-	-	-	-	2.03	-	-
2012	2.33	2.00	1.03	0.83	1.60	3.00	-	-
2011	2.00	2.00	0.89	0.63	-	-	-	-

Year	Local Cheese (1kg)	Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range)	Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro)	Chicken Fillets (1kg)	Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat)
2023	12.28	5.31	8.36	16.66	17.64
2022	12.06	5.29	7.92	9.95	14.50
2021	12.33	-	-	-	-
2020	10.06	5.60	6.74	7.47	10.99
2019	6.90	4.99	6.55	7.20	9.00
2018	10.64	-	6.42	8.30	11.99
2017	6.90	4.57	6.25	6.30	11.96
2016	5.50	6.25	5.75	7.00	7.88
2015	9.33	6.50	5.63	7.08	-
2014	7.00	3.88	5.28	6.47	-
2013	-	6.17	5.00	-	-
2012	10.33	4.67	5.00	7.33	-
2011	6.00	4.00	5.50	9.00	-

Rent Per Month

Year	Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre	Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre	Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre	Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre
2023	949.62	699.38	1915.83	1217.50
2022	903.33	727.27	1761.11	1291.00
2021	797.00	600.00	1600.00	1183.33
2020	848.33	685.50	1591.67	1083.33
2019	812.00	590.91	1455.56	1083.33
2018	731.88	543.53	1535.00	1070.77
2017	744.62	547.50	1297.50	995.71
2016	658.46	568.89	1262.50	918.75
2015	597.69	452.73	1388.89	966.67
2014	658.57	475.00	1633.33	866.67
2013	551.25	566.67	1783.33	756.67
2012	600.00	436.67	1550.00	1243.33
2011	-	-	700.00	500.00

Buy Apartment Price

Year	Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre	Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre
2023	-	-
2022	5712.50	-
2021	-	-
2020	-	-
2019	-	-
2018	5300.00	4000.00
2017	-	-
2016	-	-
2015	4175.00	2666.67
2014	-	-
2013	-	-
2012	3000.00	2000.00
2011	3500.00	2050.00

Salaries And Financing

Transportation

Year	One-way Ticket (Local Transport)	Gasoline (1 liter)
2023	3.13	1.72
2022	2.80	1.93
2021	2.93	-
2020	2.98	1.32
2019	2.99	1.47
2018	2.86	1.43
2017	2.79	1.35
2016	2.79	1.25
2015	2.76	1.41
2014	2.79	1.44
2013	2.70	-
2012	2.60	1.65
2011	2.53	1.53

Salaries And Financing

Utilities (Monthly)

Year	Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment	Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL)	Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data
2023	376.15	45.90	30.60
2022	264.71	35.89	-
2021	-	33.14	-
2020	272.00	32.20	-
2019	236.27	27.72	-
2018	190.46	32.27	-
2017	219.12	21.55	-
2016	242.93	23.36	-
2015	300.36	21.32	-
2014	210.95	25.00	-
2013	171.32	23.75	-
2012	190.67	20.00	-
2011	-	17.50	-

Sports And Leisure

Year	Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult	Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend)	Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat
2023	30.00	-	12.08
2022	28.75	-	12.99
2021	30.00	-	9.25
2020	29.38	-	10.61
2019	32.59	-	11.19
2018	29.74	17.00	10.59
2017	25.68	-	10.00
2016	24.15	-	8.36
2015	31.89	-	8.83
2014	26.18	-	8.25
2013	29.75	-	9.38
2012	-	-	8.67
2011	-	-	6.00

Clothing And Shoes

Year	1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar)	1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...)	1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range)	1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes
2023	-	-	-	-
2022	-	-	73.00	-
2021	-	-	-	-
2020	91.67	30.00	92.71	130.00
2019	96.00	26.29	84.17	130.00
2018	77.64	28.56	76.67	93.22
2017	72.33	38.15	92.50	100.00
2016	80.44	36.67	88.18	106.25
2015	84.83	48.75	95.50	121.43
2014	88.33	56.00	100.00	90.00
2013	78.00	-	81.67	-
2012	80.00	-	100.00	100.00
2011	75.00	60.00	70.00	90.00

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