Bristol vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bristol	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2450	$1555
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5926	$3707
🏠 One person rent	$1538	$755
🏘️ Family rent	$2689	$1271
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3490	$3206
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	91	65
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	472K	566K

The cost of living in Bristol is 58% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 941st and 3768th ($2450 vs $1555) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 462nd 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 43rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Dresden ranked 28th in Germany, while ranked 264th and 263rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Dresden

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	Bristol	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.1	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$5.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1579	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$491
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2856	$1259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2213	$871
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$306	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.9%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7139	$5084
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6269	$3851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$3.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$68.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$6.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.2	$9.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.99	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.96	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.6	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.5	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2145	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24413	$14681

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2166
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2350
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1838
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1932
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1937
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1968
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1900
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1942
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1744
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1885
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$2004
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1971
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$2080
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$2126
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1696
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1812
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1806
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2401
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$2022
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$2088
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$2099
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1764
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2495
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$2097
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2116
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2139
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1946
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1716
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$2042
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1963
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1795
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1802
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2346
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1951

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