Dresden vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$4929
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2177
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$3222
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	94
😀 Quality of life	88	95
🏙️ Population	566K	626K

The cost of living in Dresden is 30% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 3862nd and 1806th ($1402 vs $2011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 64th in Germany and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Germany vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.6 months in Glasgow. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Glasgow ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 217th and 24th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Glasgow

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	Dresden	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$89.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$6.25
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$840
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2489
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$320
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$39.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$3920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$3.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$78.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$47.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$16.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$80.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1078
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$15092

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1765
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1699
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1601
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1604
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1551
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1649
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1608
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1404
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1500
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1246
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1482
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1567
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1382
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1755
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1722
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1713
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1968
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1705
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1651
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1628
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1637
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1393
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1707
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1510
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1390
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1714
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1629
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1288