Columbus vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$3112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	72	65
😀 Quality of life	88	89
🏙️ Population	906K	563K

The cost of living in Columbus is 54% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1248th and 3857th ($2252 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th 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 Columbus compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 242nd and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Dresden

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	Columbus	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$12328

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2034
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2078
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2042
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2047
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1819
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2074
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1946
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2006
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1916
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1914
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1987
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1915
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1876
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1832
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1698
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1795
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1791
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1865
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1794
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1828
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1860
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1635
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1839
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1735
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1935
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1824
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1623
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1856
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1436
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1944
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1568
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1852
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1817
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1530
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1670
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1829

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