Copenhagen vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Copenhagen	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2483	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5751	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$1424	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$2573	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$670	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4295	$3112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	65
😀 Quality of life	97	89
🏙️ Population	644K	563K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 70% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 795th and 3857th ($2483 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 506th in Denmark and Germany, respectively. Check Denmark vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Copenhagen compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 9th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Dresden

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	Copenhagen	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.9	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.66	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$6.74	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.88	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1168	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3033	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2129	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.19%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8402	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5773	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.61	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.1	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.14	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.52	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.8	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$121	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13230	$12328

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2378
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2203
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2006
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1294
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1570
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1867
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2088
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1459
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1439
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1713
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1306
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1347
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1864
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1333
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1341
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$2046
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1688
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1442
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1966
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1548
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1299
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1499
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1608
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1532
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1618
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1578
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1434
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1636
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1328
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1502
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1476
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1654
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1324
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1536
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1364
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1476
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1565
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1546

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