Dresden vs Hempstead - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Hempstead
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2664
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$6130
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1711
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2905
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$4990
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	65	97
😀 Quality of life	88	79
🏙️ Population	566K	793K

The cost of living in Dresden is 47% less expensive than in Hempstead. Cities ranked 3862nd and 556th ($1402 vs $2664) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 509th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.9 months in Hempstead. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Hempstead ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 217th and 636th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Hempstead

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	Dresden	Hempstead
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$6.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2884
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$2577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$68.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$7917
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$5542
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$131
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$5.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$5.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$111
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$22.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$77.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1388
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$27808

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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 Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302