Dresden vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$3378
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$7707
🏠 One person rent	$706	$2168
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$3725
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$257
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$4258
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	92	93
🏙️ Population	566K	3.9M

The cost of living in Dresden is 55% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 3968th and 72nd ($1531 vs $3378) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 52nd 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 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.3 months in Los Angeles. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 117th and 55th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Los Angeles

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	Dresden	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$91
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$8.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$6.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$2352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$1867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$4129
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$214
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	6.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$7811
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$7110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$4.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$7.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$3.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$5.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$144
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$32.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$70.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$1715
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$28004

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2850
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2847
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2749
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2976
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2993
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2810
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3159
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3086
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2769
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2820
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3695
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3020
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2912
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2835
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2850
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3020
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3768
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3328
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2698
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2880
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3157
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2894
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2842
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2770
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3051
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2847
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3193
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3019
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2702
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2688
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3588
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2815
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2974