Charlotte vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Charlotte	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2615	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6031	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$1631	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$2780	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4594	$3112
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	68	65
😀 Quality of life	88	89
🏙️ Population	875K	563K

The cost of living in Charlotte is 79% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 574th and 3857th ($2615 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 508th and 506th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Charlotte ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 230th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Dresden

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	Charlotte	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.95	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.04	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1670	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1394	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3455	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2308	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4378	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2768	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.8	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.87	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.26	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.28	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.78	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1274	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25869	$12328

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2313
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2178
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2270
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2115
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2146
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1971
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2155
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2194
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2012
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2142
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2081
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2052
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1530
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1844
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1917
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2094
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2105
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2110
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$2110
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2162
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2281
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2012
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1857
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2399
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1955
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2509
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1908
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1872
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2105
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2122
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2596
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2126
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2076
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$2088

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