Dresden vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1311
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$2822
🏠 One person rent	$706	$805
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$1397
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$866
😷 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 17% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 3968th and 4552nd ($1531 vs $1311) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th 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 19th best city to live in Germany vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 117th and 5347th 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	$13.3	$6.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$9.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$4.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$810
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$620
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$1472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1144
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$74.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$72.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	14.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$2247
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$1903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$32.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$9.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$4.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$75.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$193
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$3300

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327