Dresden vs Fukuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Fukuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1057
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2609
🏠 One person rent	$684	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$670
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1287
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	80
😀 Quality of life	88	72
🏙️ Population	566K	1.6M

The cost of living in Dresden is 33% more expensive than in Fukuoka. Cities ranked 3862nd and 5120th ($1402 vs $1057) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 316th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.2 months in Fukuoka. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Fukuoka ranked 215th in Japan, while ranked 217th and 1739th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Fukuoka

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	Dresden	Fukuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$327
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$525
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$62.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$95
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	1.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$5198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$78.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$52.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$11983

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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 Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$925
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$922
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$920
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$920
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$911
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$918
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$921
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$903
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$919
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$896
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$921
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$910
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$916
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$872
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$838
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$847
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$916
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$908
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$913
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$834
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$866
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$848
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$830
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$916
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$913
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$884
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$908
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$916
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$916
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$872
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$866
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$852
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$839
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$895
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$842
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$852
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$850