Athens vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Athens	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1287	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3188	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$633	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$1164	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1070	$2906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	65
😀 Quality of life	78	88
🏙️ Population	664K	555K

The cost of living in Athens is 9% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4210th and 3786th ($1287 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 426th 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 31st in Germany, while ranked 560th and 190th 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	$14.1	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.39	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.53%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3172	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3082	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.5	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.53	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.28	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.09	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.37	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$483	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10293	$10601

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1235
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1172
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1097
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1137
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1475
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1467
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1359
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1134
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1047
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1086
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1129
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1038
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$887
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1974
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1090
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1037
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1058
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$943
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1186
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1067
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1738
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$945
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$937
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1047
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1169
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1015
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1177
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$825
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$984
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1098
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$647
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1009
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1144

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303