Dresden vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$763
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$2294
🏠 One person rent	$729	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$850
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$76.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$1294
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	65	97
😀 Quality of life	89	75
🏙️ Population	563K	18.7M

The cost of living in Dresden is 92% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 3857th and 6602nd ($1462 vs $763) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 49th 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 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 203rd and 1036th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Guangzhou

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	Dresden	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$3.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$457
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$1125
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$61.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$10222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$4345
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$15.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$4.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$26.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$28.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$35.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$15919

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671