Dresden vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dresden	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1406	$1284
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3498	$2919
🏠 One person rent	$696	$835
🏘️ Family rent	$1355	$1638
🍽️ Food expenses	$446	$324
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$35.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2906	$1041
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	65	7
😀 Quality of life	88	63
🏙️ Population	555K	133K

The cost of living in Dresden is 10% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 3786th and 4218th ($1406 vs $1284) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 426th and 1st in Germany and Maldives, respectively. Check Germany vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.8 months in Male. Dresden ranked 31st best city to live in Germany vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 190th and 4858th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Male

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	Dresden	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.84	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$3.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$843
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$595
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1317	$1667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$955	$1337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$84.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.5	$106
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	13.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4611	$2469
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4133	$1990
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.1	$21.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.8	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$7.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$7.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.89	$7.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$73.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.7	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$4.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10601	$3438

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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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339