Calgary vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Calgary	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2113	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$578	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$189	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3532	$2906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	65
😀 Quality of life	92	88
🏙️ Population	1.31M	555K

The cost of living in Calgary is 50% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1526th and 3786th ($2113 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 426th in Canada and Germany, respectively. Check Canada vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Calgary compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Dresden ranked 31st in Germany, while ranked 66th and 190th 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	$16	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1165	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$944	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1559	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$241	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.7	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3182	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.1	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.57	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.91	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.2	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.9	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$904	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21983	$10601

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1860
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1688
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1694
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1732
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1696
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2276
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1718
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1835
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2484
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2022
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1795
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2023
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1526
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1568
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1731
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1585
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1908
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2358
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2445
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2064
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2269
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2034
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2098
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2251
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1896
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722

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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303