Bucharest vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bucharest	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1036	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2606	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$496	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$863	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1242	$3112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	76	65
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	1.72M	563K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 29% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 5404th and 3857th ($1036 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 506th in Romania and Germany, respectively. Check Romania vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 642nd and 203rd 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	$10.6	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.06	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.18	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$640	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.34	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.21%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2831	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.6	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.92	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.93	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.06	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.36	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.29	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.19	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$532	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10286	$12328

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$900
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$852
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$786
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$668
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$757
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$663
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$795
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$727
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$759
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$772
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$631
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$644
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$955
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$793
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$688
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$684
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$755
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$751
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$721
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$744
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$831
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$624
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$931
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$961
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1035
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$837
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$693
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$832
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$761
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$846
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$759
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$584
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$573
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$876
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$735
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$640
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$721

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