Brasilia vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brasilia	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1555
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2318	$3707
🏠 One person rent	$386	$755
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$1271
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$3206
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	28	65
😀 Quality of life	61	89
🏙️ Population	2.82M	566K

The cost of living in Brasilia is 43% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 6320th and 3768th ($882 vs $1555) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 462nd in Brazil and Germany, respectively. Check Brazil vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Brasilia compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Brasilia ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs Dresden ranked 28th in Germany, while ranked 5763rd and 263rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brasilia vs Dresden

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	Brasilia	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.87	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.51	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$5.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$477	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$491
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$1259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$468	$871
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.81%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2502	$5084
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1582	$3851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$3.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.8	$68.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.65	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$6.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.24	$9.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.84	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.6	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.5	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$537	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16129	$14681

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Cities near Brasilia

Distance	City	Cost of living
65 km or 41 mi	Formosa	$714
129 km or 80 mi	Anapolis	$531
142 km or 89 mi	Goianesia	$682
176 km or 110 mi	Goiania	$805
192 km or 119 mi	Paracatu	$656
196 km or 122 mi	Trindade	$693
231 km or 143 mi	Caldas Novas	$665
264 km or 164 mi	Catalao	$653
319 km or 198 mi	Araguari	$629
325 km or 202 mi	Itumbiara	$593
343 km or 213 mi	Patos de Minas	$624
350 km or 217 mi	Uberlandia	$670
379 km or 235 mi	Januaria	$588
391 km or 243 mi	Ituiutaba	$647
393 km or 244 mi	Rio Verde	$611
434 km or 270 mi	Araxa	$552
440 km or 273 mi	Uberaba	$559
442 km or 274 mi	Montes Claros	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Barra do Garcas	$655
469 km or 291 mi	Jatai	$642
470 km or 292 mi	Gurupi	$606
489 km or 304 mi	Janauba	$574
493 km or 306 mi	Curvelo	$600
511 km or 318 mi	Barreiras	$583
530 km or 329 mi	Franca	$552
535 km or 332 mi	Barretos	$604
557 km or 346 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
558 km or 347 mi	Fernandopolis	$635
560 km or 348 mi	Votuporanga	$641
561 km or 349 mi	Sete Lagoas	$412
564 km or 350 mi	Passos	$568
568 km or 353 mi	Batatais	$609
575 km or 357 mi	Guanambi	$561
577 km or 358 mi	Bebedouro	$619
578 km or 359 mi	Divinopolis	$590
581 km or 361 mi	Formiga	$613
581 km or 361 mi	Sao Jose do Rio Preto	$750
585 km or 363 mi	Mirassol	$688
591 km or 367 mi	Itauna	$582
594 km or 369 mi	Sertaozinho	$629

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563