Dresden vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$684	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$4771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	566K	3.9M

The cost of living in Dresden is 56% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 3862nd and 80th ($1402 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 71st 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 Los Angeles. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 217th and 58th 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	$12.9	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919