Dresden vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$4617
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1125
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1929
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$534
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$3700
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	87
😀 Quality of life	88	94
🏙️ Population	566K	776K

The cost of living in Dresden is 30% less expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 3862nd and 1863rd ($1402 vs $1989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 4th in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.9 months in Frankfurt. Ranked 33rd vs 7th best cities to live in Germany, and 217th vs 47th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Frankfurt

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	Dresden	Frankfurt
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$5.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1133
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$849
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$282
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$8106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$4832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$3.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$8.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$86
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$14496

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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 Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595