Cleveland vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$2953
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	83	65
😀 Quality of life	86	88
🏙️ Population	373K	566K

The cost of living in Cleveland is 35% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2110th and 3862nd ($1899 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 512th 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 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 305th and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Dresden

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	Cleveland	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$13167

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1958
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1931
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1927
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1973
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$2023
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1943
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1922
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2060
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1966
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1921
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1914
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$2003
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1876
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1965
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1954
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1967
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1935
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1902
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1937
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1915
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1930
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1818
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1871
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1906
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1830
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1799
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1842
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1666
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1839
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1840
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1753
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1584
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1606
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1481
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1526
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1279
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1858
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$1860

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