Dresden vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$1845
🏠 One person rent	$755	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$684
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$336
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	65	66
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	566K	9.39M

The cost of living in Dresden is 112% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 3768th and 6928th ($1555 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd and 1st in Germany and Vietnam, respectively. Check Germany vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.5 months in Ho Chi Minh. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 263rd and 4947th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Dresden	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$1.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$921
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$508
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$83.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$9.41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	9.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$3891
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$1915
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$5.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$1.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$1.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$0.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$3.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$23.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$44.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$94.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$286
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$13093

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563

Cities near Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$519
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$410
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$493
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$686
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$502
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$439
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$498
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$507
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$727
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$482
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$491
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$504
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$515
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$494
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$829
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$572
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$507
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$516
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$523
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$622
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$511
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$635
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$508
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$650
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$501
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$571
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$708
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$558
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$403
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$718
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$601
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$615
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$372
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$787
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$770
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$812
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588