Dresden vs Liverpool - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Liverpool
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$4525
🏠 One person rent	$684	$954
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1757
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$547
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$2907
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	84
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	566K	513K

The cost of living in Dresden is 21% less expensive than in Liverpool. Cities ranked 3862nd and 2461st ($1402 vs $1774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 143rd in Germany and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Germany vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.6 months in Liverpool. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Liverpool ranked 23rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 217th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Liverpool

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	Dresden	Liverpool
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$82.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$9.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$6.34
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$645
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1201
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$204
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$310
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	5.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$3350
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2471
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$89.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$3.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$76.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$85.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1465
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$15161

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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 Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1706
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1563
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1710
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1681
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1682
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1753
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1762
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1675
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1615
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1675
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1556
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$1806
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1788
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1456
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1482
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$1874
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$1948
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1686
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1806
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1800
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1672
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1602
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1376
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1629
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1714
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1686