Arlington vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Arlington	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1913	$1448
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4719	$3599
🏠 One person rent	$1108	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$1925	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.3	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3749	$3219
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	65
😀 Quality of life	78	92
🏙️ Population	394K	566K

The cost of living in Arlington is 32% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2324th and 4158th ($1913 vs $1448) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1747th and 592nd 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 Arlington compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Arlington ranked 262nd best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 895th and 96th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.4	$75.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$5.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$3.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1230	$652
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$868	$423
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2162	$1203
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1579	$764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.1	$37.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.19%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$2772
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$23.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.98	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.28	$3.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$5.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.64	$8.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.09	$2.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.5	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$52.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$87.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1486	$446
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21592	$15933

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2117
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2316
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2128
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2122
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2111
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2147
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2142
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2086
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2129
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2259
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2170
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2183
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2137
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2042
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2164
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2128
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2110
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2182
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2206
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2151
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2120
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2472
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2156
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2193
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2202
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2125
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2168
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2062
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2174
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2205
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2220
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2096
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2205
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2104
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2155
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2209
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2397

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551