Dresden vs Edmonton - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Edmonton
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$4262
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1038
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$1712
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$570
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$3113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	65	64
😀 Quality of life	92	90
🏙️ Population	566K	1.01M

The cost of living in Dresden is 19% less expensive than in Edmonton. Cities ranked 3968th and 2524th ($1531 vs $1878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 79th in Germany and Canada, respectively. Check Germany vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.7 months in Edmonton. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Edmonton ranked 19th in Canada, while ranked 117th and 193rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Edmonton

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	Dresden	Edmonton
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$5.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$1034
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$1752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1381
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$60
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$2368
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$2.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$74.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$3.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$14.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$4.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$58.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$48.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$86.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$762
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$10028

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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

Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1775
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1841
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2118
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1801
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1815
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1993
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1672
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1773
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1956
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2315
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1762
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2187
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2156
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2470
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2544
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1697
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1899
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2054
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2237
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2457
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2478
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2540
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2526
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2361
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009