Arlington vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1555
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$3707
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$755
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$1271
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$3206
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	65
😀 Quality of life	77	89
🏙️ Population	394K	566K

The cost of living in Arlington is 19% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2476th and 3768th ($1856 vs $1555) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 462nd 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 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 28th in Germany, while ranked 1375th and 263rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$5.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$491
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$1259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$871
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$5084
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$3851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$3.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$68.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$9.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$14681

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563