Dresden vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$729	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$4933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	94
😀 Quality of life	89	77
🏙️ Population	563K	467K

The cost of living in Dresden is 45% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 3857th and 464th ($1462 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 406th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 203rd and 769th 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	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$21877

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614