Arlington vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Arlington	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4760	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$1103	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$2064	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$531	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.4	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4278	$3112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	65
😀 Quality of life	74	89
🏙️ Population	394K	563K

The cost of living in Arlington is 28% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2251st and 3857th ($1869 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1793rd and 506th 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 2.3 months in Arlington compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Arlington ranked 339th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 1283rd and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.6	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.36	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.42	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.13	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1268	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1869	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.72%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2211	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2177	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.24	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.33	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.27	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.81	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21580	$12328

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2085
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2299
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2100
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2096
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2085
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2105
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2122
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1887
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2103
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2195
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2159
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2127
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2022
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2158
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2103
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2111
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2175
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2189
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2125
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2122
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2550
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2118
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2187
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2188
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2243
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2236
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2102
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2173
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2145
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2150
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2282
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2336
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2196
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2061
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2506
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2284
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2602

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387