Dresden vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$755	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	94
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	566K	467K

The cost of living in Dresden is 45% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 3768th and 327th ($1555 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd and 273rd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 263rd and 982nd 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	$13.8	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$19997

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821