Barcelona vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$2953
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	98	65
😀 Quality of life	87	88
🏙️ Population	1.7M	566K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 31% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2276th and 3862nd ($1841 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 512th in Spain and Germany, respectively. Check Spain vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 270th and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Dresden

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	Barcelona	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$13167

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

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	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419