Dresden vs Luanda - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Luanda
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$3516
🏠 One person rent	$684	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1762
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$327
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$84.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1511
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	65	19
😀 Quality of life	88	53
🏙️ Population	566K	2.49M

The cost of living in Dresden is 38% more expensive than in Luanda. Cities ranked 3862nd and 5424th ($1402 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1st in Germany and Angola, respectively. Check Germany vs Angola comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.5 months in Luanda. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Luanda ranked 1st in Angola, while ranked 217th and 6024th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Luanda

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	Dresden	Luanda
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$5.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$53.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$7.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$467
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2330
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$59.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$89.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$133
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	23.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$10449
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2420
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$8.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$9.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$7.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$0.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$3.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$96.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$700
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$15041

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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 Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$863
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$788
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$821
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$844
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$676
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$645
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$671
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$577
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$523
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$519
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$520
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$580
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$876
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$522
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$634
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$934
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$731
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$976
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$668
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$850
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$828
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$900
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1121
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$900
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$742
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$975
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$747
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$811
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$482
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$741
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1265
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$655
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$961