Beijing vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beijing	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1065	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$605	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$1364	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1709	$2906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	65
😀 Quality of life	78	88
🏙️ Population	21.9M	555K

The cost of living in Beijing is 24% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4887th and 3786th ($1065 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 426th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Beijing compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Beijing ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Dresden ranked 31st in Germany, while ranked 583rd and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beijing vs Dresden

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	Beijing	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.6	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.54	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$487	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.7	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.6	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14972	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8057	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.5	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.9	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.64	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.55	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.44	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.69	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.7	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$896	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27310	$10601

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Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$733
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$713
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$772
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$633
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$650
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$688
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$583
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$678
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$466
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$667
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$677
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$658
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$587
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$700
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$633
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$607
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$539
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$549
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$643
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$637
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$594
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$592
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$525
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$633
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$545
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$569
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$527
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$650
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$572
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$486
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$707
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$598
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$667
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$621
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$640
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$643
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$620
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$587
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$640
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$506

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