Colorado Springs vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Colorado Springs	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2421	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5340	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$1548	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$2311	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4230	$2953
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	62	65
😀 Quality of life	84	88
🏙️ Population	479K	566K

The cost of living in Colorado Springs is 73% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 917th and 3862nd ($2421 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 840th 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 Colorado Springs compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Colorado Springs ranked 104th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 387th and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Colorado Springs vs Dresden

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	Colorado Springs	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.9	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.35	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2318	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$83.3	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2384	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.6	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.05	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.76	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.3	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1681	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24682	$13167

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Cities near Colorado Springs

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 9 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
21 km or 13 mi	Fountain	$2373
57 km or 35 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
68 km or 42 mi	Pueblo	$2425
73 km or 45 mi	Parker	$2509
77 km or 48 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
82 km or 51 mi	Centennial	$2525
86 km or 53 mi	Littleton	$2315
89 km or 55 mi	Englewood	$2381
94 km or 59 mi	Aurora	$2674
97 km or 61 mi	Lakewood	$2495
99 km or 61 mi	Denver	$2717
104 km or 65 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
108 km or 67 mi	Arvada	$2577
109 km or 68 mi	Commerce	$2432
110 km or 68 mi	Westminster	$2618
116 km or 72 mi	Northglenn	$2737
116 km or 72 mi	Thornton	$2784
121 km or 75 mi	Broomfield	$2958
124 km or 77 mi	Brighton	$2568
129 km or 80 mi	Lafayette	$2661
136 km or 84 mi	Boulder	$2624
148 km or 92 mi	Longmont	$2661
173 km or 107 mi	Greeley	$2001
173 km or 108 mi	Loveland	$2451
191 km or 119 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
254 km or 158 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
281 km or 174 mi	Laramie	$1892
283 km or 176 mi	Taos	$2396
327 km or 203 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
337 km or 210 mi	Espanola	$2211
347 km or 216 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
356 km or 221 mi	Garden	$1711
370 km or 230 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
380 km or 236 mi	Farmington	$2623
395 km or 245 mi	Liberal	$1706
426 km or 264 mi	North Platte	$1824
434 km or 270 mi	Dodge	$1768
436 km or 271 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
447 km or 278 mi	Albuquerque	$1985

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