Dresden vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$1796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$4088
🏠 One person rent	$637	$1008
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$1727
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$573
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$3260
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	34
😀 Quality of life	92	85
🏙️ Population	566K	679K

The cost of living in Dresden is 19% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 4158th and 2822nd ($1448 vs $1796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 1955th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.8 months in El Paso. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs El Paso ranked 145th in the United States, while ranked 96th and 437th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs El Paso

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	Dresden	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$78.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$6.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$2.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$1021
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$796
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$1705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$1458
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$98
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$151
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$68.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$1769
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$1792
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$1.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$3.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.06
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$8.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$9.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$63.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$46.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$577
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$6901

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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

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1066
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1850
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1665
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1747
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$910
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1844
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1938
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1920
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1053
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1654
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2029
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1095
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2089
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2196
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$990
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2025
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1933
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2153
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2070
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1776
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$771
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2011
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2212
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2089
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2212
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2237
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1878
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1993
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2454
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2482
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2374
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2988
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1972
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$1097
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2417
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2378
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2367
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2373