Chongqing vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chongqing	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2020	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$226	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$439	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.6	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$890	$3112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	65
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	32.1M	563K

The cost of living in Chongqing is 55% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 7185th and 3857th ($662 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 146th and 506th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Chongqing compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Chongqing ranked 8th best city to live in China vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 1966th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chongqing vs Dresden

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	Chongqing	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.96	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.3	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.29	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$155	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$523	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$333	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.4	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.98	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.52%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2378	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.2	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.18	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.72	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.09	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.5	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.51	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.4	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27717	$12328

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Cities near Chongqing

Distance	City	Cost of living
97 km or 60 mi	Huaying	$575
103 km or 64 mi	Guang'an	$607
120 km or 75 mi	Longchang	$618
127 km or 79 mi	Luzhou	$642
140 km or 87 mi	Suining	$609
140 km or 87 mi	Neijiang	$682
145 km or 90 mi	Nanchong	$560
170 km or 106 mi	Zigong	$609
183 km or 113 mi	Shehong	$574
191 km or 119 mi	Ziyang	$625
194 km or 120 mi	Renhuai	$568
201 km or 125 mi	Yibin	$627
208 km or 129 mi	Dazhou	$600
209 km or 130 mi	Zunyi	$594
211 km or 131 mi	Jianyang	$611
232 km or 144 mi	Langzhong	$551
249 km or 154 mi	Lichuan	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Bazhong	$593
264 km or 164 mi	Meishan	$624
265 km or 165 mi	Chengdu	$660
266 km or 165 mi	Leshan	$588
266 km or 166 mi	Guanghan	$587
268 km or 167 mi	Deyang	$591
272 km or 169 mi	Mianyang	$550
277 km or 172 mi	Bijie	$612
285 km or 177 mi	Shifang	$572
292 km or 181 mi	Emeishan	$570
294 km or 183 mi	Pengzhou	$605
298 km or 185 mi	Enshi	$581
298 km or 185 mi	Mianzhu	$559
298 km or 185 mi	Chongzhou	$614
300 km or 186 mi	Jiangyou	$553
309 km or 192 mi	Qionglai	$604
316 km or 196 mi	Wanyuan	$555
320 km or 199 mi	Dujiangyan	$603
327 km or 203 mi	Guangyuan	$596
331 km or 206 mi	Guiyang	$576
331 km or 206 mi	Tongren	$596
342 km or 212 mi	Ya'an	$613
342 km or 213 mi	Jishou	$556

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