Dresden vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Lusaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$685
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$1880
🏠 One person rent	$729	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$332
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	36
😀 Quality of life	89	48
🏙️ Population	563K	2.47M

The cost of living in Dresden is 114% more expensive than in Lusaka. Cities ranked 3857th and 7016th ($1462 vs $685) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 9th 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 30th best city to live in Germany vs Lusaka ranked 1st in Zambia, while ranked 203rd and 6308th 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	$6.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$3.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$191
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$103
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$881
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$66.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$63.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	21.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$4865
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$12.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$6.99
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$5.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$2.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$2.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$42.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$3.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$5845

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$725
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$1139
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$1116
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1090
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$1028
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$729
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$670
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$1012
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$731
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$810
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$1017
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$761
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$939
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$756
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$834
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$871
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$947
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$662
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$582
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$585
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$1079
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$953
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$574
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$591
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$498
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$516
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$534
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$500
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$600
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$554
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1000
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$663
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$433
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$670