Dresden vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$4536
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	94
😀 Quality of life	88	76
🏙️ Population	566K	467K

The cost of living in Dresden is 49% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 3862nd and 379th ($1402 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 339th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 217th and 949th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Long Beach

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	Dresden	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$27134

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683