Dresden vs Kolkata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Kolkata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$404
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1011
🏠 One person rent	$684	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$258
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$51.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$432
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	65	75
😀 Quality of life	88	58
🏙️ Population	566K	4.5M

The cost of living in Dresden is 247% more expensive than in Kolkata. Cities ranked 3862nd and 8948th ($1402 vs $404) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 24th in Germany and India, respectively. Check Germany vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.1 months in Kolkata. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Kolkata ranked 12th in India, while ranked 217th and 5509th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Kolkata

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	Dresden	Kolkata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$165
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$86.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$180
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	9.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$528
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$6.24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$3.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$0.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$5.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$6.85
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$15.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$3.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$8.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$2.94
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$26.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$47.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$41.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$1469

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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 Kolkata

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Howrah	$332
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
10 km or 6.2 mi	South Dumdum	$345
11 km or 7.1 mi	Baranagar	$333
12 km or 7.5 mi	Bally	$331
14 km or 8.9 mi	Uttarpara	$327
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kamarhati	$336
15 km or 9.3 mi	North Dumdum	$337
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
17 km or 10 mi	Panihati	$338
20 km or 13 mi	Rajarhat	$347
21 km or 13 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
23 km or 14 mi	Serampore	$330
23 km or 15 mi	Barrackpore	$329
25 km or 15 mi	Uluberia	$341
36 km or 22 mi	Barasat	$350
36 km or 23 mi	Maheshtala	$360
37 km or 23 mi	Chandannagar	$327
37 km or 23 mi	Bhatpara	$337
40 km or 25 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
41 km or 25 mi	Naihati	$328
64 km or 40 mi	Haldia	$394
79 km or 49 mi	Shantipur	$294
93 km or 58 mi	Bardhaman	$314
97 km or 60 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
104 km or 65 mi	Midnapore	$292
107 km or 66 mi	Kharagpur	$283
114 km or 71 mi	Jessore	$289
128 km or 80 mi	Khulna	$303
153 km or 95 mi	Durgapur	$292
174 km or 108 mi	Berhampore	$304
189 km or 118 mi	Asansol	$299
202 km or 125 mi	Kulti	$300
205 km or 127 mi	Rajshahi	$274
209 km or 130 mi	Barisal	$287
223 km or 139 mi	Jamshedpur	$361
239 km or 149 mi	Dhanbad	$293
248 km or 154 mi	Dhaka	$430
251 km or 156 mi	Narayanganj	$309
274 km or 170 mi	Malda	$308