Amsterdam vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amsterdam	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2545	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5759	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$1649	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$2742	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$538	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$217	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3788	$2906
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	65
😀 Quality of life	94	88
🏙️ Population	921K	555K

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 81% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 612th and 3786th ($2545 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 426th in the Netherlands and Germany, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Dresden ranked 31st in Germany, while ranked 37th and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Dresden

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	Amsterdam	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.35	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1693	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2979	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2298	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$260	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.3	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9157	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5939	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.61	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.73	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.3	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.94	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.53	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.21	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.6	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.1	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1976	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10734	$10601

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2001
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2465
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2092
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1647
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2135
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$1894
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1897
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1958
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2055
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2205
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2000
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$1939
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1501
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$1850
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1796
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$1886
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$1836
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1804
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1729
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2013
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1841
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$1890
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1873
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1818
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1793
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$1919
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$1877
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$1756
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1770
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1942
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1864
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1876
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1697
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1725
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1761
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1901
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1746
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1734
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1822
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1833

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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303