Bucharest vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bucharest	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1138	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2971	$3749
🏠 One person rent	$535	$706
🏘️ Family rent	$931	$1209
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.2	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1467	$3314
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	78	65
😀 Quality of life	84	92
🏙️ Population	1.72M	566K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 26% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4935th and 3968th ($1138 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 536th in Romania and Germany, respectively. Check Romania vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Dresden ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 508th and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Dresden

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	Bucharest	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$3.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$586	$716
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$462
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1055	$1275
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$699	$840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.4	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.13%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4123	$5211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2286	$3268
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$3.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$72.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.84	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$6.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.73	$9.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.11	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.8	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.67	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.3	$55
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.8	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$390
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16525	$16803

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$999
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$956
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$926
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$784
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$800
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$724
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$831
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$758
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$777
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$970
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$666
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1150
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$759
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$826
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$704
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$732
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$805
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$910
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$983
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$665
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$950
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$607
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1099
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1062
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1132
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$840
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$716
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$916
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$844
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$864
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$841
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$738
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$872
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$763
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$773
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$683
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$795

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