Dresden vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$761
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1990
🏠 One person rent	$684	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$593
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$83.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$922
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	65	27
😀 Quality of life	88	43
🏙️ Population	566K	8.97M

The cost of living in Dresden is 84% more expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 3862nd and 6620th ($1402 vs $761) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 37th 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 Ganzhou. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Ganzhou ranked 148th in China, while ranked 217th and 6697th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Ganzhou

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	Dresden	Ganzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$2.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$404
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$486
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$6871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$4.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$8.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$17058

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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 Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$600
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$818
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$724
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$655
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$564
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$649
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$590
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$577
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$764
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$563
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$590
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$603
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$585
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$755
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$443
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$451
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$582
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$569
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$601
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$581
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$577
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$506
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$656
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$630
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$603
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$609
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$936
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$774
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$688
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$598
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$579
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$611
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$570
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$601
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$823
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$916