Dresden vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$991
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$2629
🏠 One person rent	$706	$345
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$387
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$1462
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	58
😀 Quality of life	92	86
🏙️ Population	566K	788K

The cost of living in Dresden is 54% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 3968th and 5724th ($1531 vs $991) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 492nd in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Hamamatsu ranked 13th in Japan, while ranked 117th and 398th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Hamamatsu

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	Dresden	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$42.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$3.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$62.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$95.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	0.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$4795
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$2728
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$52.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$4.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$7.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$89.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$46
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$16739

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$926
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$928
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$887
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$940
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$904
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$945
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$840
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$868
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$955
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$939
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$885
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$947
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$943
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$901
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$929
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$917
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$924
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$977
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$950
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$953
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$962
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$961
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$990
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$949
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$956
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$967
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$979
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$983
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$952
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$978
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$960
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$962
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$996
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$971
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$997
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$972
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$957
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$998
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$941