Dresden vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dresden	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1406	$1948
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3498	$4581
🏠 One person rent	$696	$1113
🏘️ Family rent	$1355	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$446	$533
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$140
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2906	$2599
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	65	77
😀 Quality of life	88	85
🏙️ Population	555K	936K

The cost of living in Dresden is 28% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 3786th and 1907th ($1406 vs $1948) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 426th and 10th in Germany and Israel, respectively. Check Germany vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.3 months in Jerusalem. Dresden ranked 31st best city to live in Germany vs Jerusalem ranked 3rd in Israel, while ranked 190th and 276th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Jerusalem

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	Dresden	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$73.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.84	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$7.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$906
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1317	$2415
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$955	$1678
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$98.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.5	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4611	$13221
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4133	$9303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$1.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.1	$63.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.8	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.89	$9.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$76.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.7	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$99.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$80.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10601	$10218

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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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$964
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1011
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$737
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1752
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$802
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1583
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2068
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1701
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1900
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1826
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$849
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2113
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$760
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1848
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2149
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1873
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$679
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1850
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1678
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1687
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1499