Albuquerque vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$2953
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	27	65
😀 Quality of life	83	88
🏙️ Population	565K	566K

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 42% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1874th and 3862nd ($1985 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 512th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 428th and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Dresden

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	Albuquerque	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$13167

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2211
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2396
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2262
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2623
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1854
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1813
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1875
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2425
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1856
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2373
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1766
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1896
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1717
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2319
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1957
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2417
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2413
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2073
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2509
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2315
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2524

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419