Dresden vs Manaus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Manaus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$1984
🏠 One person rent	$706	$364
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$495
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	25
😀 Quality of life	92	60
🏙️ Population	566K	2.3M

The cost of living in Dresden is 86% more expensive than in Manaus. Cities ranked 3968th and 6673rd ($1531 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 22nd in Germany and Brazil, respectively. Check Germany vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.6 months in Manaus. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Manaus ranked 30th in Brazil, while ranked 117th and 5988th 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	$13.3	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$22.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$7.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$422
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$754
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$79.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	10.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$1665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$986
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$7.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$9.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$4.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$6.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$0.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$6.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$48.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$64.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$4934

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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 Manaus

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Manacapuru	$726
175 km or 109 mi	Itacoatiara	$732
257 km or 160 mi	Maues	$734
364 km or 226 mi	Coari	$728
368 km or 229 mi	Parintins	$743
466 km or 290 mi	Itaituba	$750
484 km or 301 mi	Oriximina	$753
522 km or 324 mi	Tefe	$659
594 km or 369 mi	Santarem	$676
662 km or 412 mi	Boa Vista	$740
762 km or 474 mi	Porto Velho	$701
828 km or 515 mi	Ariquemes	$649
867 km or 539 mi	Altamira	$669
892 km or 554 mi	Ji-Parana	$636
979 km or 608 mi	Rolim de Moura	$624
1030 km or 640 mi	Linden	$1180
1040 km or 646 mi	Santana	$607
1054 km or 655 mi	Macapa	$638
1059 km or 658 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$854
1071 km or 666 mi	Breves	$649
1072 km or 666 mi	Vilhena	$572
1076 km or 669 mi	New Amsterdam	$1174
1094 km or 680 mi	Sinop	$756
1108 km or 689 mi	Tabatinga	$662
1118 km or 695 mi	Georgetown	$1181
1133 km or 704 mi	Paramaribo	$877
1151 km or 715 mi	Tucurui	$666
1151 km or 715 mi	Rio Branco	$812
1165 km or 724 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1938
1172 km or 729 mi	Cameta	$643
1231 km or 765 mi	Kourou	$1996
1235 km or 767 mi	Maraba	$697
1236 km or 768 mi	Cayenne	$1979
1246 km or 774 mi	Abaetetuba	$589
1264 km or 785 mi	Upata	$788
1290 km or 801 mi	Puerto Ayacucho	$794
1292 km or 803 mi	Belem	$789
1307 km or 812 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$892
1307 km or 812 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$848
1308 km or 813 mi	Ananindeua	$702