Cleveland vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cleveland	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1908	$1555
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4494	$3707
🏠 One person rent	$1111	$755
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$1271
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3261	$3206
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	83	65
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	373K	566K

The cost of living in Cleveland is 23% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2297th and 3768th ($1908 vs $1555) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1793rd and 462nd 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 90th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 28th in Germany, while ranked 284th and 263rd 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	$15.6	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.8	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.05	$5.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$491
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$1259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1450	$871
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1289	$5084
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1025	$3851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$3.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.6	$68.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.54	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$6.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.29	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.73	$9.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.3	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.5	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1018	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18787	$14681

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1978
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1959
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1956
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1997
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$2049
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1956
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1961
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2067
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$2002
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1950
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$2015
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1899
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$2020
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$2019
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$2000
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$2024
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$2019
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$2062
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1954
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$2018
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1855
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1974
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1986
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1839
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1841
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1971
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1908
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1737
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1735
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1884
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1844
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1784
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1631
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1672
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1482
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1477
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1410
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$2061
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$2314

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563