Dresden vs Kobe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Kobe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1107
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2821
🏠 One person rent	$684	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$848
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	91
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	566K	1.52M

The cost of living in Dresden is 27% more expensive than in Kobe. Cities ranked 3862nd and 4793rd ($1402 vs $1107) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 127th 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 1.5 months in Kobe. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Kobe ranked 31st in Japan, while ranked 217th and 674th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Kobe

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	Dresden	Kobe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$437
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$646
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$86.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	1.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$4362
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3074
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$71.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$31.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$5.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$9.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$5.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$60
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$16179

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1049
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1158
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1057
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1048
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1062
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1072
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1045
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1073
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1242
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1059
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1051
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1146
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1074
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1049
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1302
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1065
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1059
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1059
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1142
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1049
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1084
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1156
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079