Dresden vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$684	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$754
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	95
😀 Quality of life	88	70
🏙️ Population	566K	9.5M

The cost of living in Dresden is 130% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 3862nd and 7543rd ($1402 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 199th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.2 months in Foshan. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 217th and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Foshan

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	Dresden	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$18096

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642