Calgary vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Calgary	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2095	$1448
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4718	$3599
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$1885	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3093	$3219
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	65
😀 Quality of life	90	92
🏙️ Population	1.31M	566K

The cost of living in Calgary is 45% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1759th and 4158th ($2095 vs $1448) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 592nd in Canada and Germany, respectively. Check Canada vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Calgary ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Dresden ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 187th and 96th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Dresden

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	Calgary	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$75.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$5.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$3.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1234	$652
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$423
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1946	$1203
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.1	$37.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.5%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3751	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3441	$2772
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$23.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$3.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$5.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$8.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$2.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$52.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$87.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$820	$446
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15881	$15933

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551