Brisbane vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$3112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	65
😀 Quality of life	97	89
🏙️ Population	2.36M	563K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 70% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 781st and 3857th ($2491 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 506th in Australia and Germany, respectively. Check Australia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 15th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Dresden

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	Brisbane	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$12328

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

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