Dresden vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$684	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$692
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	54
😀 Quality of life	88	60
🏙️ Population	566K	1.26M

The cost of living in Dresden is 91% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 3862nd and 6742nd ($1402 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 21st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 217th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Kazan

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	Dresden	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867