Copenhagen vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$3749
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$706
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$1209
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$3314
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	65
😀 Quality of life	97	92
🏙️ Population	667K	566K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 74% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 650th and 3968th ($2656 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 536th in Denmark and Germany, respectively. Check Denmark vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Dresden ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 4th and 117th 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	$21.8	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$3.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$716
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$462
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$1275
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$5211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$3268
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$3.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$72.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$9.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$55
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$390
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$16803

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553