Bucharest vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$474	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$2953
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	77	65
😀 Quality of life	79	88
🏙️ Population	1.72M	566K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 29% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 5565th and 3862nd ($988 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 512th 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 2.1 months in Dresden. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 645th and 217th 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	$10.5	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$13167

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

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