Dakar vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dakar	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1179	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3311	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$550	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$1412	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$364	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$2906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	29	65
😀 Quality of life	51	88
🏙️ Population	1.44M	555K

The cost of living in Dakar is 16% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4491st and 3786th ($1179 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 426th in Senegal and Germany, respectively. Check Senegal vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Dakar compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Dakar ranked 1st best city to live in Senegal vs Dresden ranked 31st in Germany, while ranked 6249th and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dakar vs Dresden

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	Dakar	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.25	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.2	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.23	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$835	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2528	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$931	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.24%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1395	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.7	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.6	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.43	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.48	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.32	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.76	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.3	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.82	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.5	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.19	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.6	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.7	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$245	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8320	$10601

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Cities near Dakar

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Rufisque	$1067
58 km or 36 mi	Thies	$1009
121 km or 75 mi	Fatick	$1068
163 km or 101 mi	Kaolack	$1081
166 km or 103 mi	Louga	$1070
171 km or 106 mi	Banjul	$441
174 km or 108 mi	Lamin	$486
177 km or 110 mi	Saint-Louis	$1061
185 km or 115 mi	Brikama	$556
266 km or 165 mi	Rosso	$584
271 km or 169 mi	Ziguinchor	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Kolda	$1049
378 km or 235 mi	Bissau	$799
404 km or 251 mi	Nouakchott	$618
416 km or 258 mi	Bafata	$778
629 km or 391 mi	Boffa	$968
651 km or 404 mi	Praia	$692
668 km or 415 mi	Assomada	$692
709 km or 441 mi	Conakry	$1024
727 km or 452 mi	Forecariah	$971
757 km or 471 mi	Mamou	$989
833 km or 518 mi	Freetown	$751
841 km or 522 mi	Mindelo	$749
978 km or 607 mi	Bo	$689
1009 km or 627 mi	Kankan	$975
1023 km or 636 mi	Kenema	$689
1048 km or 651 mi	Bamako	$518
1051 km or 653 mi	Gueckedou	$977
1087 km or 675 mi	Banamba	$471
1088 km or 676 mi	Koulikoro	$471
1141 km or 709 mi	Bougouni	$472
1185 km or 736 mi	Monrovia	$501
1197 km or 744 mi	Kakata	$470
1215 km or 755 mi	Segou	$470
1220 km or 758 mi	Nzerekore	$972
1232 km or 766 mi	Markala	$471
1256 km or 781 mi	Yekepa	$469
1258 km or 782 mi	Sanniquellie	$469
1332 km or 828 mi	Sikasso	$479
1413 km or 878 mi	Korhogo	$976

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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303