Bristol vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bristol	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2373	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$1525	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$2588	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3384	$3112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	91	65
😀 Quality of life	88	89
🏙️ Population	472K	563K

The cost of living in Bristol is 62% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 963rd and 3857th ($2373 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 506th in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Bristol ranked 39th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 229th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bristol	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.3	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.66	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1632	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1203	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2095	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$298	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.6	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.85%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7088	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6447	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.92	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.74	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.8	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.04	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.44	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.1	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1957	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24299	$12328

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2122
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2197
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1799
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1938
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$2019
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1919
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1711
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$2023
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1886
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1869
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1851
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1813
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$1838
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1919
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$2056
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$1954
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1680
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1807
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2459
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$2039
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$2074
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$2116
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1771
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2533
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$2092
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2056
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2023
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1896
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1927
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1695
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1799
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$2042
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1819
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1938
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1755
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1797
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2312
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1750

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