Dresden vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$4267
🏠 One person rent	$684	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1800
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$92
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$3350
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	35
😀 Quality of life	88	79
🏙️ Population	566K	679K

The cost of living in Dresden is 23% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 3862nd and 2363rd ($1402 vs $1813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1931st 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 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.8 months in El Paso. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs El Paso ranked 179th in the United States, while ranked 217th and 633rd 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	$12.9	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$5.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$921
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1644
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1529
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$76.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1815
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1759
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$47.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$3.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$6.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$5.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$27.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$63.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$36.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$6903

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353