Brisbane vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$3749
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$706
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1209
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$3314
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	65
😀 Quality of life	98	92
🏙️ Population	2.71M	566K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 48% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1349th and 3968th ($2269 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 536th in Australia and Germany, respectively. Check Australia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Dresden ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 3rd and 117th 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	$15.5	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$3.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$716
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$462
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$1275
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$5211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$3268
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$3.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$72.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$6.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$9.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$55
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$390
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$16803

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553