Castries vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Castries	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1161	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2735	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$525	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$858	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$451	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.5	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1236	$2953
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	3	65
😀 Quality of life	35	88
🏙️ Population	70K	566K

The cost of living in Castries is 17% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4603rd and 3862nd ($1161 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 512th in Saint Lucia and Germany, respectively. Check Saint Lucia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Castries compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Castries ranked 1st best city to live in Saint Lucia vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 7503rd and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Castries vs Dresden

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	Castries	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.01	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.58	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.96	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.95	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$618	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$945	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.3	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1612	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1166	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.53	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.43	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.56	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.25	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.79	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.26	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.11	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.1	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.08	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.7	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$183	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7323	$13167

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Cities near Castries

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
66 km or 41 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
83 km or 51 mi	Georgetown	$1007
98 km or 61 mi	Kingstown	$1000
149 km or 93 mi	Roseau	$1015
172 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1418
180 km or 112 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
181 km or 112 mi	Portsmouth	$1123
222 km or 138 mi	Grenville	$1070
234 km or 146 mi	St. George's	$1062
234 km or 146 mi	Basse-Terre	$1508
249 km or 155 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1505
250 km or 156 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1497
257 km or 160 mi	Les Abymes	$1489
259 km or 161 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1501
260 km or 162 mi	Le Moule	$1499
316 km or 196 mi	Scarborough	$1084
348 km or 216 mi	All Saints	$1037
357 km or 222 mi	St. John's	$1039
377 km or 234 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
378 km or 235 mi	San Juan	$1178
392 km or 244 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
410 km or 255 mi	Basseterre	$1373
415 km or 258 mi	Cayon	$1377
418 km or 260 mi	San Fernando	$953
445 km or 277 mi	Carupano	$737
456 km or 283 mi	La Asuncion	$695
461 km or 286 mi	Porlamar	$684
497 km or 309 mi	Philipsburg	$1968
526 km or 327 mi	Cumana	$716
532 km or 330 mi	Maturin	$890
563 km or 350 mi	Tucupita	$777
577 km or 358 mi	Saint Croix	$2551
578 km or 359 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
586 km or 364 mi	Lecheria	$837
590 km or 367 mi	Barcelona	$858
626 km or 389 mi	Road Town	$2289
635 km or 395 mi	Anaco	$639
640 km or 398 mi	Cantaura	$674
641 km or 399 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2177

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	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419