Athens vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$675	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$3112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	65
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	643K	563K

The cost of living in Athens is 7% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4177th and 3857th ($1366 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 506th in Greece and Germany, respectively. Check Greece vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 658th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Dresden

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	Athens	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$12328

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1257
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1228
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1143
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1146
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1528
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1459
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1399
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1106
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1054
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1148
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1005
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1060
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$896
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1956
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1133
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1080
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1123
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$956
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1198
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1019
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1062
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1769
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$899
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$989
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1257
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1120
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$892
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1036
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1094
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$743
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1050
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1186

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