Dresden vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$684	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	65	93
😀 Quality of life	88	66
🏙️ Population	566K	9.37M

The cost of living in Dresden is 124% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 3862nd and 7405th ($1402 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 217th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Hefei

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	Dresden	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665