Calgary vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$3112
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	65
😀 Quality of life	90	89
🏙️ Population	1.31M	563K

The cost of living in Calgary is 47% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1473rd and 3857th ($2149 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 506th in Canada and Germany, respectively. Check Canada vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 131st and 203rd 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	$16.9	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$12328

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1914
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1727
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1723
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1785
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$2001
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2250
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1781
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1854
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2139
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2150
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2011
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2498
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1642
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1566
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1830
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1610
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1917
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2322
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2469
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2010
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2484
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1983
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2042
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2278
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2169
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

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