Atlanta vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Atlanta	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2648	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6318	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$1617	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$2832	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$707	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5633	$2906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	65
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	499K	555K

The cost of living in Atlanta is 88% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 459th and 3786th ($2648 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 412th and 426th 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 Atlanta compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Atlanta ranked 29th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 31st in Germany, while ranked 151st and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Atlanta	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.6	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.9	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.33	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1656	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1353	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3282	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2377	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.1	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7867	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.3	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.15	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$12.1	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.01	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.3	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$135	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.1	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1479	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28904	$10601

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2435
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2389
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2387
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2349
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2608
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2313
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2341
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2296
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2364
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2279
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2287
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2336
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2449
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2471
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2364
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2287
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$2119
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2789
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$1953
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2244
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2522
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1575
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1737
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2323
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2144
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2367
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2208
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2262
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2102
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2090
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$2079
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1917
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2217
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1701
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1768
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1672
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1811
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1815
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1849
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1991

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