Dresden vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$2923
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	91
😀 Quality of life	88	92
🏙️ Population	566K	548K

The cost of living in Dresden is 32% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 3862nd and 1662nd ($1402 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 46th 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 1.4 months in Manchester. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 217th and 85th 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	$12.9	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$19551

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681