Dresden vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2379
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$5357
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1601
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2918
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$453
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$3975
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	65
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	566K	3.33M

The cost of living in Dresden is 41% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 3862nd and 989th ($1402 vs $2379) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1st in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Germany vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 217th and 288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Dubai

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	Dresden	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$9.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$6.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$3782
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$2332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$91.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$6638
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$86.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$6.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$77.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$13241

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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

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536