Dresden vs Kingstown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Kingstown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$995
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$2388
🏠 One person rent	$706	$381
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$596
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$476
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$63.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$1116
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	4
😀 Quality of life	92	55
🏙️ Population	566K	24.5K

The cost of living in Dresden is 54% more expensive than in Kingstown. Cities ranked 3968th and 5701st ($1531 vs $995) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 1st in Germany and Saint Vincent, respectively. Check Germany vs Saint Vincent comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.1 months in Kingstown. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Kingstown ranked 1st in Saint Vincent, while ranked 117th and 6376th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Kingstown

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	Dresden	Kingstown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$7.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$291
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$69.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$51.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	7.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$600
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$603
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$1.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$50
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$25.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$3.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$4.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$4.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$9.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$5.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$21.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$6.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$64.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$73.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$105
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$11266

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Kingstown

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Georgetown	$989
69 km or 43 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
98 km or 61 mi	Castries	$1170
124 km or 77 mi	Grenville	$1079
136 km or 85 mi	St. George's	$1078
160 km or 100 mi	Fort-de-France	$1812
173 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1454
175 km or 109 mi	Bridgetown	$1336
227 km or 141 mi	Scarborough	$1136
238 km or 148 mi	Roseau	$1012
269 km or 167 mi	Portsmouth	$1173
280 km or 174 mi	Port of Spain	$1284
281 km or 175 mi	San Juan	$1232
296 km or 184 mi	Chaguanas	$1097
319 km or 198 mi	Basse-Terre	$1739
322 km or 200 mi	San Fernando	$1010
339 km or 210 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1730
341 km or 212 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1732
346 km or 215 mi	Les Abymes	$1717
347 km or 216 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1736
352 km or 219 mi	Le Moule	$1733
353 km or 219 mi	Carupano	$699
372 km or 231 mi	La Asuncion	$641
376 km or 234 mi	Porlamar	$610
436 km or 271 mi	Maturin	$844
436 km or 271 mi	All Saints	$1166
440 km or 273 mi	Cumana	$679
445 km or 276 mi	St. John's	$1145
465 km or 289 mi	Tucupita	$767
487 km or 302 mi	Basseterre	$1330
492 km or 306 mi	Cayon	$1332
493 km or 306 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$703
502 km or 312 mi	Lecheria	$771
505 km or 314 mi	Barcelona	$888
545 km or 338 mi	Anaco	$642
548 km or 341 mi	Cantaura	$675
557 km or 346 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$892
574 km or 357 mi	Philipsburg	$2884
579 km or 360 mi	El Tigre	$741
587 km or 365 mi	Upata	$788