Cleveland vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cleveland	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1963	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4528	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$1853	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$590	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3510	$3112
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	83	65
😀 Quality of life	87	89
🏙️ Population	373K	563K

The cost of living in Cleveland is 34% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1971st and 3857th ($1963 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1633rd and 506th 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 1.8 months in Cleveland compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Cleveland ranked 72nd best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 269th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Cleveland	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.6	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.33	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.96	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$877	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2217	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.9	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1202	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.47	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.7	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.9	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.5	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1033	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18767	$12328

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1986
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1965
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1955
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1985
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$2049
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1963
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1953
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2060
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1975
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1945
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1929
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$2008
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1903
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1970
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1952
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1988
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1923
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1887
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1917
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1923
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1919
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1829
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1843
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1901
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1821
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1815
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1880
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1705
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1732
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1801
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1734
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1563
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1562
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1568
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1441
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1205
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1829
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$1813

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