Denver vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Denver	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2717	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6307	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$1692	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$2963	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$666	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$2953
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	91	65
😀 Quality of life	90	88
🏙️ Population	716K	566K

The cost of living in Denver is 94% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 463rd and 3862nd ($2717 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 418th and 512th 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 1.9 months in Denver compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Denver ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 158th and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Denver	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1812	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3223	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.4	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4595	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3621	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.81	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.4	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.91	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.8	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1528	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16279	$13167

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2381
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2495
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2577
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2618
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2432
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2315
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2674
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2784
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2525
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2958
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2568
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2661
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2509
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2624
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2661
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2451
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2001
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2373
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2425
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1892
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1642
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2396
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1824
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1711
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1854
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2211
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2623
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1706
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1768

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	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419