Brussels vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$2953
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	65
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	196K	566K

The cost of living in Brussels is 30% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2354th and 3862nd ($1816 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 512th in Belgium and Germany, respectively. Check Belgium vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 190th and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Dresden

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	Brussels	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$13167

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419