Dresden vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$2224
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$5181
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$2236
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$641
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$3821
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	56
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	566K	950K

The cost of living in Dresden is 31% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 3968th and 1439th ($1531 vs $2224) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 1197th 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 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.7 months in Jacksonville. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Jacksonville ranked 106th in the United States, while ranked 117th and 343rd 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	$13.3	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$5.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$1441
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$1035
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$2481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1839
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$64.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	6.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$2629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$2143
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$65.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$3.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$3.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$4.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$4.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$9.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$8.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$4.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$57.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$1311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$11934

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2214
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2204
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2130
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2152
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2133
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2365
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2160
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2234
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1979
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2237
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2292
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2290
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2362
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2285
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2296
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2330
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1503
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2130
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2288
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2320
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2356
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2333
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2364
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2352
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2325
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2381
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2359
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2352
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2313
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2450
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2491
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2234
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2095
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2293
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2610
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2613
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2232
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2278
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2146
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1860