Dresden vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dresden	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1406	$1918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3498	$4639
🏠 One person rent	$696	$1108
🏘️ Family rent	$1355	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$446	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2906	$4464
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	61
😀 Quality of life	88	89
🏙️ Population	555K	633K

The cost of living in Dresden is 27% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 3786th and 1984th ($1406 vs $1918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 426th and 1684th 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 2.3 months in Louisville. Dresden ranked 31st best city to live in Germany vs Louisville ranked 33rd in the United States, while ranked 190th and 164th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Louisville

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	Dresden	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.84	$9.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1317	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$955	$1652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.5	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4611	$3397
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4133	$3039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.1	$51.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.8	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$3.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.89	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$6.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.7	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$52.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10601	$13578

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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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988