Dresden vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1046
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$2744
🏠 One person rent	$729	$424
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$814
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$366
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$1588
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	57
😀 Quality of life	89	68
🏙️ Population	563K	788K

The cost of living in Dresden is 40% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 3857th and 5314th ($1462 vs $1046) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 420th 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 30th best city to live in Germany vs Hamamatsu ranked 441st in Japan, while ranked 203rd and 3144th 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	$4.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$35.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$2.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$297
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$868
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$27.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	0.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$5018
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$25.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$5.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$82.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$44.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$53.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$288
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$12706

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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 Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$996
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$993
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$971
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$1001
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$981
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$999
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$946
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$959
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$1008
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$989
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$972
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$995
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$993
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$995
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$970
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$1019
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$964
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1091
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$1036
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$1033
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$1054
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$991
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1069
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$1029
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$1034
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1029
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1046
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$1023
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1042
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$1027
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$1031
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1048
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1049
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$1033
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1050
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$1034
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$1023
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1052
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$1007