Dresden vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2364
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$5468
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1431
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2461
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$3990
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	56
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	566K	950K

The cost of living in Dresden is 41% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 3862nd and 1022nd ($1402 vs $2364) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 935th 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 1.7 months in Jacksonville. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Jacksonville ranked 77th in the United States, while ranked 217th and 293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Jacksonville

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	Dresden	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$86
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$6.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1470
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$2044
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$3106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2417
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$62.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$23.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$3.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$7.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$3.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$11096

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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 Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2247
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2238
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2271
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2196
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2136
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$1969
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2211
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2144
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1957
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2064
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2278
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2212
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2327
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2265
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2286
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2308
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1502
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2018
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2269
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2294
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2371
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2336
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2384
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2373
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2336
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2440
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2392
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2366
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2316
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2204
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2576
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2171
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2181
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2280
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2577
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2634
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2295
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2289
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2104
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1897