Budapest vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$589	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$3112
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	65
😀 Quality of life	80	89
🏙️ Population	1.69M	563K

The cost of living in Budapest is 19% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4643rd and 3857th ($1185 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 506th in Hungary and Germany, respectively. Check Hungary vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 551st and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Dresden

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	Budapest	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$12328

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090

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