Chicago vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Chicago	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2613	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6659	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$1594	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$3123	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$210	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5285	$2906
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	65
😀 Quality of life	96	88
🏙️ Population	2.75M	555K

The cost of living in Chicago is 86% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 505th and 3786th ($2613 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 455th and 426th 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 2 months in Chicago compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Chicago ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 31st in Germany, while ranked 16th and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Chicago	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.3	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1958	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3908	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2652	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.2	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3227	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2803	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.79	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.9	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15.7	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.71	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.85	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.1	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.3	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.8	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.6	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2675	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15494	$10601

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2476
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2544
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2446
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2346
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2387
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2199
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2257
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2326
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2317
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2300
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2290
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2323
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2295
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2245
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2282
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2244
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2264
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2215
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2264
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2204
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2258
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$2013
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2248
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2258
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2240
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2162
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$2030
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2257
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2253
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2269
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2250
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2267
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2264
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2238
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2239
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2089
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2221
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$2038
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2241
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2240

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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303