Dresden vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Lusaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$738
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2249
🏠 One person rent	$684	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$333
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	37
😀 Quality of life	88	49
🏙️ Population	566K	2.47M

The cost of living in Dresden is 90% more expensive than in Lusaka. Cities ranked 3862nd and 6726th ($1402 vs $738) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 6th in Germany and Zambia, respectively. Check Germany vs Zambia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.5 months in Lusaka. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Lusaka ranked 1st in Zambia, while ranked 217th and 6269th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Lusaka

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	Dresden	Lusaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$6.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$27
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$3.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1082
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$60.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$125
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	21.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$2003
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$4875
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$4.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$6.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$4.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$18.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$9642

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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 Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$700
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$541
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$917
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1018
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$875
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$723
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$688
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$992
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$730
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$794
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$776
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$597
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$961
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$766
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$825
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$854
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$975
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$752
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$587
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$624
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$748
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$947
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$492
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$566
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$507
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$457
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$493
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$525
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$461
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$583
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$540
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1003
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$631
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$461
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$675