Dresden vs Manaus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Manaus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1815
🏠 One person rent	$684	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$600
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$94
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$458
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	23
😀 Quality of life	88	53
🏙️ Population	566K	2.06M

The cost of living in Dresden is 84% more expensive than in Manaus. Cities ranked 3862nd and 6606th ($1402 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 9th in Germany and Brazil, respectively. Check Germany vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.6 months in Manaus. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Manaus ranked 23rd in Brazil, while ranked 217th and 6060th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Manaus

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	Dresden	Manaus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$5.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$6.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$432
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$19.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	9.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$828
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$6.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$6.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$8.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$21.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$43.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$44.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$4516

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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 Manaus

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Manacapuru	$677
175 km or 109 mi	Itacoatiara	$679
257 km or 160 mi	Maues	$682
364 km or 226 mi	Coari	$676
368 km or 229 mi	Parintins	$694
466 km or 290 mi	Itaituba	$695
484 km or 301 mi	Oriximina	$697
522 km or 324 mi	Tefe	$579
594 km or 369 mi	Santarem	$639
662 km or 412 mi	Boa Vista	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Porto Velho	$606
828 km or 515 mi	Ariquemes	$575
867 km or 539 mi	Altamira	$611
892 km or 554 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
979 km or 608 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
1030 km or 640 mi	Linden	$1031
1040 km or 646 mi	Santana	$565
1054 km or 655 mi	Macapa	$610
1059 km or 658 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$856
1071 km or 666 mi	Breves	$590
1072 km or 666 mi	Vilhena	$577
1076 km or 669 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
1094 km or 680 mi	Sinop	$671
1108 km or 689 mi	Tabatinga	$580
1118 km or 695 mi	Georgetown	$1062
1133 km or 704 mi	Paramaribo	$881
1151 km or 715 mi	Tucurui	$603
1151 km or 715 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1165 km or 724 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1247
1172 km or 729 mi	Cameta	$583
1231 km or 765 mi	Kourou	$1645
1235 km or 767 mi	Maraba	$629
1236 km or 768 mi	Cayenne	$1643
1246 km or 774 mi	Abaetetuba	$518
1264 km or 785 mi	Upata	$789
1290 km or 801 mi	Puerto Ayacucho	$757
1292 km or 803 mi	Belem	$755
1307 km or 812 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
1307 km or 812 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
1308 km or 813 mi	Ananindeua	$638