Dresden vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$660
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1623
🏠 One person rent	$684	$217
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$423
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$70.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$403
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	11
😀 Quality of life	88	8
🏙️ Population	566K	760K

The cost of living in Dresden is 112% more expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 3862nd and 7141st ($1402 vs $660) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 3rd in Germany and Somalia, respectively. Check Germany vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.6 months in Hargeisa. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Hargeisa ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 217th and 9243rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Hargeisa

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	Dresden	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$5.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$10
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$169
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$67.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	20.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$3745
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$8448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$3.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$4.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$2.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$1.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$59.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$58.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$603

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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 Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$518
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$764
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$718
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$571
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$542
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$540
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$503
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$507
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$496
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$838
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$482
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$486
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$481
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$546
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$662
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$886
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$706
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$484
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$897
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$482
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$487
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$654
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$486
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$711
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$520
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$937
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$488
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$910
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1006
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$905
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$541