Dresden vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$985
🏠 One person rent	$684	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$441
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	62
😀 Quality of life	88	52
🏙️ Population	566K	3.38M

The cost of living in Dresden is 283% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 3862nd and 9042nd ($1402 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 56th in Germany and India, respectively. Check Germany vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 217th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Lucknow

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	Dresden	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$1654

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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 Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$315
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$314
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$297
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$288
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$329
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$308
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$328
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$368
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$353
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$296
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$307
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$283
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$309
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$391
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$321
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$342
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$368
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$386
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$425
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$294
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$510
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$278
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$536
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$289
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$316
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$341
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$349
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$419
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$274
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$299
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$372
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$283
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$331
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$265
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$292