Castries vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Castries	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1170	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2822	$3749
🏠 One person rent	$514	$706
🏘️ Family rent	$872	$1209
🍽️ Food expenses	$473	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.1	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$862	$3314
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	3	65
😀 Quality of life	38	92
🏙️ Population	20K	566K

The cost of living in Castries is 24% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4844th and 3968th ($1170 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 536th in Saint Lucia and Germany, respectively. Check Saint Lucia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Castries compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Castries ranked 2nd best city to live in Saint Lucia vs Dresden ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 8195th and 117th 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	$7.07	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.1	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.66	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.59	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.94	$3.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$590	$716
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$462
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1074	$1275
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.9	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.81%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2032	$5211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1444	$3268
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.02	$3.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.9	$72.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.8	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.55	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.39	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.58	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.15	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$6.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.87	$9.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.12	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.74	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.4	$55
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.7	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$390
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9156	$16803

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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	$1812
83 km or 51 mi	Georgetown	$989
98 km or 61 mi	Kingstown	$995
149 km or 93 mi	Roseau	$1012
172 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Bridgetown	$1336
181 km or 112 mi	Portsmouth	$1173
222 km or 138 mi	Grenville	$1079
234 km or 146 mi	St. George's	$1078
234 km or 146 mi	Basse-Terre	$1739
249 km or 155 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1732
250 km or 156 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1730
257 km or 160 mi	Les Abymes	$1717
259 km or 161 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1736
260 km or 162 mi	Le Moule	$1733
316 km or 196 mi	Scarborough	$1136
348 km or 216 mi	All Saints	$1166
357 km or 222 mi	St. John's	$1145
377 km or 234 mi	Port of Spain	$1284
378 km or 235 mi	San Juan	$1232
392 km or 244 mi	Chaguanas	$1097
410 km or 255 mi	Basseterre	$1330
415 km or 258 mi	Cayon	$1332
418 km or 260 mi	San Fernando	$1010
445 km or 277 mi	Carupano	$699
456 km or 283 mi	La Asuncion	$641
461 km or 286 mi	Porlamar	$610
497 km or 309 mi	Philipsburg	$2884
526 km or 327 mi	Cumana	$679
532 km or 330 mi	Maturin	$844
563 km or 350 mi	Tucupita	$767
577 km or 358 mi	Saint Croix	$2600
578 km or 359 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$703
586 km or 364 mi	Lecheria	$771
590 km or 367 mi	Barcelona	$888
626 km or 389 mi	Road Town	$2293
635 km or 395 mi	Anaco	$642
640 km or 398 mi	Cantaura	$675
641 km or 399 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2022

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