Dresden vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$2365
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$5609
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1445
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$2498
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$583
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$3421
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	90
😀 Quality of life	92	93
🏙️ Population	566K	548K

The cost of living in Dresden is 35% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 3968th and 1156th ($1531 vs $2365) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 33rd 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 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Manchester ranked 9th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 117th and 78th 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	$13.3	$19.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$93.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$7.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$1540
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$1148
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$2808
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$2033
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$4797
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$4525
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$22.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$18.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$7.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$49.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$99.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$1658
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$21096

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862