Dresden vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$2553
🏠 One person rent	$729	$487
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$1695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	72
😀 Quality of life	89	58
🏙️ Population	563K	4.43M

The cost of living in Dresden is 36% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 3857th and 5069th ($1462 vs $1079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 3rd in Germany and South Africa, respectively. Check Germany vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 203rd and 5446th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Johannesburg

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	Dresden	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$9.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$781
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$72.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$44.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	11.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$1096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$81.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$6.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$6.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$7.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$5865

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$997
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$874
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$971
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$822
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$696
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$838
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$909
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$717
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$848
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$943
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$819
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$841
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$774
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$809
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$692
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$718
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$690
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$623
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$791
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$654
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$459
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$627
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$663
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$581
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$554
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$859
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$1003
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$600
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1116
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$834
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$585
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045