Dresden vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$684	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1263
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	65	7
😀 Quality of life	88	62
🏙️ Population	566K	133K

The cost of living in Dresden is 7% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 3862nd and 4205th ($1402 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 2nd in Germany and Maldives, respectively. Check Germany vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1 months in Male. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 217th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dresden	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$3201

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360