Dresden vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$3948
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1025
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$1729
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$478
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$98.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$1786
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	24
😀 Quality of life	92	79
🏙️ Population	566K	599K

The cost of living in Dresden is 11% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 3968th and 3160th ($1531 vs $1727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 20th in Germany and Spain, respectively. Check Germany vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1 months in Malaga. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Malaga ranked 28th in Spain, while ranked 117th and 802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Malaga

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	Dresden	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$1174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$845
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$2042
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1448
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$87.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$136
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$5265
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$4533
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$19.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$6.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$2.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$48.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$9.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$46.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$95.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$616
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$10911

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1614
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1551
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1537
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1336
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$1935
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1500
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$1129
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1003
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1625
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1016
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1360
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2270
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1316
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2594
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1385
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1212
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$1041
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1385
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1340
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1295
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1230
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1123
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1394
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1331
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1353
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1157
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1339
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$1008
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1403
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1187
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$881
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1356
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1560
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1435
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1497
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1345
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1337
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$949
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$538