Dresden vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2900
🏠 One person rent	$684	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1081
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$2064
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	65	100
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	566K	594K

The cost of living in Dresden is 30% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 3862nd and 4951st ($1402 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 211th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.9 months in Kawaguchi. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Kawaguchi ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 217th and 653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Kawaguchi

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	Dresden	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$3.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$804
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$6608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$5.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$34.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$14573

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124