Dresden vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$684	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	80
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	566K	2.73M

The cost of living in Dresden is 47% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 3862nd and 5750th ($1402 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 4th in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 217th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Kaohsiung

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	Dresden	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$10905

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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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601