Copenhagen vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Copenhagen	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2555	$1448
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5866	$3599
🏠 One person rent	$1447	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$2513	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$713	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4784	$3219
😷 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 77% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 805th and 4158th ($2555 vs $1448) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 592nd 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 17th in Germany, while ranked 5th and 96th 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	$21.1	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$75.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.09	$5.44
☕ Cappuccino	$7.32	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.12	$3.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1680	$652
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$423
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2988	$1203
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$37.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11390	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7705	$2772
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.71	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$23.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.33	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.75	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$3.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$3.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$5.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$8.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$2.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.3	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.4	$52.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$38	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$87.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$446
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12710	$15933

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2533
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2195
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1423
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1793
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2151
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2220
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1567
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1568
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2053
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1583
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1478
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2073
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1399
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1358
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1893
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1792
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1429
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2135
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1584
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1441
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1731
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1650
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1477
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1621
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1483
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1840
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1570
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1654
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1852
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1411
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1637
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1415
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1475
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1723
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1557

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551