Dresden vs Fort Worth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Fort Worth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$2259
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$5420
🏠 One person rent	$637	$1358
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$2278
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$608
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$139
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$4438
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	81
😀 Quality of life	92	91
🏙️ Population	566K	919K

The cost of living in Dresden is 36% less expensive than in Fort Worth. Cities ranked 4158th and 1371st ($1448 vs $2259) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 1148th 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 2 months in Fort Worth. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Fort Worth ranked 28th in the United States, while ranked 96th and 137th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dresden	Fort Worth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$55
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$6.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$1370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$1096
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$2396
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$1898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$72.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$2968
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$1832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$2.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$74.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$5.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$4.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$4.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$19.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$4.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$5.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$4.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$1803
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$25420

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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 Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2147
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2151
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2155
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2137
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2142
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2128
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1913
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2122
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2128
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2129
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2164
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2111
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2110
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2316
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2117
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2042
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$2086
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2120
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2125
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2183
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2170
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2017
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2062
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2206
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2148
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2156
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2182
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2168
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2472
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2205
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2202
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$1968
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2193
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2220
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2209
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2174
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2172
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2155
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2397
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2205