Dresden vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$1321
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$2809
🏠 One person rent	$637	$810
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$1372
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$379
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$44.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$863
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	65	8
😀 Quality of life	92	64
🏙️ Population	566K	133K

The cost of living in Dresden is 10% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 4158th and 4490th ($1448 vs $1321) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 2nd in Germany and Maldives, respectively. Check Germany vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.7 months in Male. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 96th and 5278th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dresden	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$6.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$38.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$9.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$4.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$808
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$624
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$1454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$75.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	14.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$2242
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$1870
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$32.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$6.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$4.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$11.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$5.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$9.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$40.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$84.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$191
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$3305

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322