Calgary vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$3749
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$706
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$1209
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$3314
😷 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 38% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1716th and 3968th ($2118 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 536th 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 21st best city to live in Canada vs Dresden ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 209th and 117th 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	$17	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$3.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$716
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$462
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$1275
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$5211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3268
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$3.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$72.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$6.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$9.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$55
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$390
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$16803

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553