Dresden vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$5153
🏠 One person rent	$729	$1275
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$2202
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$3299
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	91
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	563K	548K

The cost of living in Dresden is 32% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 3857th and 1500th ($1462 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 53rd in Germany and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Germany vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.5 months in Manchester. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Manchester ranked 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 203rd and 76th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Manchester

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	Dresden	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$78.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$6.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$1425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$2281
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$5337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$3610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$5.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$91.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$1753
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$17390

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761