Arlington vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$3749
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$706
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1209
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$3314
😷 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 25% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2397th and 3968th ($1907 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 536th 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 894th and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Dresden

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	Arlington	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$3.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$716
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$462
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1275
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$5211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$3268
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$3.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$72.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$6.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$9.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$55
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$390
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$16803

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553