Chittagong vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chittagong	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$351	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$905	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$98.3	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$215	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$172	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.6	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$228	$2953
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	45	65
😀 Quality of life	46	88
🏙️ Population	2.58M	566K

The cost of living in Chittagong is 75% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 9083rd and 3862nd ($351 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 512th in Bangladesh and Germany, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Chittagong compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Chittagong ranked 2nd best city to live in Bangladesh vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 6493rd and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chittagong vs Dresden

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	Chittagong	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.65	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.75	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.75	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.72	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$110	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.9	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$278	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.2	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.5	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.83%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$394	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.12	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.87	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.66	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.1	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.56	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.5	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.07	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.98	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$20	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$35.8	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$842	$13167

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chittagong

Distance	City	Cost of living
84 km or 52 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
155 km or 96 mi	Barisal	$287
178 km or 110 mi	Agartala	$367
182 km or 113 mi	Aizawl	$478
198 km or 123 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
198 km or 123 mi	Narayanganj	$309
209 km or 130 mi	Narsingdi	$295
213 km or 132 mi	Dhaka	$430
239 km or 149 mi	Khulna	$303
266 km or 165 mi	Sittwe	$678
283 km or 176 mi	Jessore	$289
287 km or 179 mi	Sylhet	$305
307 km or 191 mi	Mymensingh	$264
340 km or 211 mi	Rajarhat	$347
342 km or 213 mi	Monywa	$661
347 km or 215 mi	Barasat	$350
348 km or 217 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
349 km or 217 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
350 km or 218 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
351 km or 218 mi	North Dumdum	$337
353 km or 219 mi	South Dumdum	$345
353 km or 219 mi	Imphal	$378
354 km or 220 mi	Bhatpara	$337
355 km or 220 mi	Naihati	$328
356 km or 221 mi	Baranagar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Kamarhati	$336
356 km or 222 mi	Panihati	$338
358 km or 222 mi	Barrackpore	$329
358 km or 222 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
358 km or 222 mi	Chandannagar	$327
358 km or 223 mi	Uttarpara	$327
358 km or 223 mi	Kolkata	$404
359 km or 223 mi	Bally	$331
360 km or 224 mi	Serampore	$330
361 km or 224 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
362 km or 225 mi	Howrah	$332
362 km or 225 mi	Shillong	$408
362 km or 225 mi	Shantipur	$294
376 km or 234 mi	Bogra	$280
381 km or 237 mi	Maheshtala	$360

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