Dresden vs Hyderabad, India - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Hyderabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1270
🏠 One person rent	$684	$165
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$420
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$73.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1054
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	65
😀 Quality of life	88	66
🏙️ Population	566K	9.31M

The cost of living in Dresden is 202% more expensive than in Hyderabad, India. Cities ranked 3862nd and 8802nd ($1402 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 14th in Germany and India, respectively. Check Germany vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 2.3 months in Hyderabad, India. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Hyderabad, India ranked 5th in India, while ranked 217th and 4025th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Hyderabad, India

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	Dresden	Hyderabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.95
🥤 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	$201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$116
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$23.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$35.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$8.64
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	9.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$837
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$3.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$5.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$9.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$1.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$20.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$3.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$8.01
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$30.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$47.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$2458

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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 Hyderabad, India

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Secunderabad	$395
87 km or 54 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
92 km or 57 mi	Nalgonda	$298
138 km or 86 mi	Warangal	$372
139 km or 86 mi	Karimnagar	$388
150 km or 93 mi	Nizamabad	$294
173 km or 108 mi	Gulbarga	$250
178 km or 110 mi	Kurnool	$349
179 km or 111 mi	Khammam	$272
190 km or 118 mi	Ramagundam	$358
210 km or 130 mi	Nandyal	$359
230 km or 143 mi	Latur	$397
231 km or 143 mi	Adoni	$366
232 km or 144 mi	Nanded	$315
242 km or 150 mi	Guntur	$280
247 km or 154 mi	Vijayawada	$354
263 km or 163 mi	Tenali	$292
264 km or 164 mi	Chirala	$311
268 km or 166 mi	Ongole	$338
273 km or 169 mi	Solapur	$293
290 km or 180 mi	Eluru	$304
293 km or 182 mi	Proddatur	$355
299 km or 186 mi	Bijapur	$340
312 km or 194 mi	Anantapur	$304
314 km or 195 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
321 km or 200 mi	Hospet	$272
325 km or 202 mi	Kadapa	$367
355 km or 221 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
363 km or 226 mi	Nellore	$514
401 km or 249 mi	Kakinada	$307
404 km or 251 mi	Amravati	$296
405 km or 252 mi	Akola	$295
407 km or 253 mi	Hindupur	$375
418 km or 260 mi	Sangli	$292
422 km or 262 mi	Davanagere	$292
424 km or 264 mi	Madanapalle	$346
426 km or 265 mi	Tirupati	$315
426 km or 265 mi	Nagpur	$466
427 km or 265 mi	Hubli	$359
431 km or 268 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304