Dresden vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1045
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2833
🏠 One person rent	$684	$407
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$775
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	57
😀 Quality of life	88	68
🏙️ Population	566K	788K

The cost of living in Dresden is 34% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 3862nd and 5196th ($1402 vs $1045) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 365th 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 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Hamamatsu ranked 452nd in Japan, while ranked 217th and 3129th 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	$12.9	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.64
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$591
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$26.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	0.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$4341
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$26.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$51.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$15100

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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 Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$981
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$971
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$919
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$976
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$929
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$975
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$860
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$885
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$983
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$961
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$908
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$969
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$966
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$925
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$940
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$948
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$931
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1010
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$984
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$998
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$932
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$985
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$990
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1016
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1008
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1015
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$977
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1003
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$991
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1013
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$995
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1010
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$985
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1016
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$981