Dresden vs London - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	London
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$3296
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$7841
🏠 One person rent	$684	$2211
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$4100
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$375
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$4153
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	100
😀 Quality of life	88	99
🏙️ Population	566K	8.8M

The cost of living in Dresden is 57% less expensive than in London. Cities ranked 3862nd and 58th ($1402 vs $3296) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 2nd 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 1.3 months in London. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs London ranked 1st in the United Kingdom, while ranked 217th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs London

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	Dresden	London
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$21.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$9.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$8.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$2704
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1831
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$5123
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$3478
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$167
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$38.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$20412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$10524
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$91.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$69.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$15.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$97.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$2250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$26090

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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 London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2868
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2332
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2273
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2414
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2209
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2207
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2214
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2185
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2470
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2136
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2217
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2261
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2076
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2112
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2433
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2199
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2035
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2122
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2429
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2052
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2048
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2623
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2052
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$1924
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2422
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2092
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$1987
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2248
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1973
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2063
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2089
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2062
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$1885
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2263
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$1948
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2135
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2344
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2009