Berlin vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Berlin	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2104	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5039	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$288	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3287	$3112
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	65
😀 Quality of life	95	89
🏙️ Population	3.76M	563K

The cost of living in Berlin is 44% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1583rd and 3857th ($2104 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 506th in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Ranked 3rd vs 30th best cities to live in Germany, and 23rd vs 203rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Dresden

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	Berlin	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.48	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.15	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1178	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$855	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2408	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1752	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$274	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.8	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8742	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6444	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.9	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.43	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.7	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.8	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.4	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.8	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$322	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8961	$12328

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1739
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1783
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1775
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1739
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1786
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1730
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1717
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1780
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1739
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1690
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1752
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1737
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1671
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1687
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1713
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1734
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1714
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1574
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1692
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1421
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1482
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1469
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1393
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1261
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1386
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1387
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1396
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1345
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1513
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1470
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1372
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1386
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1349
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1365
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1169
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1384
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$931
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1387
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369

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