Boston vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Boston	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3467	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7682	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$2394	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$3923	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$726	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5787	$3112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	65
😀 Quality of life	92	89
🏙️ Population	676K	563K

The cost of living in Boston is 137% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 32nd and 3857th ($3467 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 506th 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 1.7 months in Boston compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Boston ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 89th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Boston vs Dresden

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	Boston	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.3	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.5	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.4	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.16	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2739	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2042	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4881	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3321	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$222	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11569	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6730	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.4	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.4	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.86	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.16	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.77	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.47	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.72	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.76	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$164	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.7	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2437	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25118	$12328

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Cities near Boston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Cambridge	$3756
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Chelsea	$3040
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Somerville	$3647
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Everett	$2916
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Brookline	$3093
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Revere	$2932
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Malden	$3008
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Medford	$2349
10 km or 6.2 mi	Belmont	$2951
10 km or 6.2 mi	Arlington	$2847
10 km or 6.2 mi	Watertown	$2913
11 km or 6.9 mi	Melrose	$2826
12 km or 7.5 mi	Milton	$2938
12 km or 7.5 mi	Winchester	$2755
12 km or 7.7 mi	Newton	$2790
13 km or 7.8 mi	Saugus	$2897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Quincy	$3122
14 km or 8.6 mi	Stoneham	$2778
14 km or 8.9 mi	Waltham	$2817
15 km or 9.4 mi	Lynn	$3172
15 km or 9.5 mi	Woburn	$2735
16 km or 9.6 mi	Dedham	$2869
16 km or 10 mi	Needham	$2797
16 km or 10 mi	Lexington	$2746
16 km or 10 mi	Wakefield	$2846
18 km or 11 mi	Braintree	$2925
18 km or 11 mi	Weymouth	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Reading	$2773
19 km or 12 mi	Hingham	$2869
20 km or 12 mi	Burlington	$2443
20 km or 13 mi	Wellesley	$2798
21 km or 13 mi	Norwood	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Peabody	$2878
22 km or 14 mi	Randolph	$2848
22 km or 14 mi	Salem	$3005
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmington	$2607
23 km or 14 mi	Marblehead	$2853
23 km or 14 mi	Canton	$2815
25 km or 16 mi	Natick	$2961
26 km or 16 mi	Stoughton	$2803

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