Dresden vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$755	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	65	7
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	566K	133K

The cost of living in Dresden is 18% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 3768th and 4439th ($1555 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd 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 0.7 months in Male. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 263rd and 5057th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dresden	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$3575

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327