Dresden vs Houston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Houston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$5664
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1305
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2467
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$581
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$4390
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	65	100
😀 Quality of life	88	91
🏙️ Population	566K	2.3M

The cost of living in Dresden is 38% less expensive than in Houston. Cities ranked 3862nd and 1229th ($1402 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1115th 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 Houston. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Houston ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 217th and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dresden	Houston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$17.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$76
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$5.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1390
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1037
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2766
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$2058
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$65.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$2714
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$71.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$9.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$3.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$37.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$127
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$18964

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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 Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182