Dresden vs Marseille - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Marseille
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1571
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$3854
🏠 One person rent	$684	$718
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1250
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$548
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$177
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$2090
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	65	43
😀 Quality of life	88	84
🏙️ Population	566K	877K

The cost of living in Dresden is 11% less expensive than in Marseille. Cities ranked 3862nd and 3148th ($1402 vs $1571) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 33rd in Germany and France, respectively. Check Germany vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.3 months in Marseille. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Marseille ranked 9th in France, while ranked 217th and 400th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Marseille

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	Dresden	Marseille
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$59.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$725
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$559
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1224
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1036
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$96.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$147
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$29.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$5047
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3002
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$46.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$30.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$22.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$24.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$8.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$12.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$18.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$98.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$745
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$9082

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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 Marseille

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1568
44 km or 27 mi	Miramas	$1496
49 km or 30 mi	Toulon	$1308
68 km or 42 mi	Manosque	$1338
86 km or 53 mi	Avignon	$1338
102 km or 63 mi	Nimes	$1231
126 km or 78 mi	Montpellier	$1472
136 km or 84 mi	Cannes	$1707
144 km or 90 mi	Antibes	$1650
159 km or 99 mi	Nice	$1673
172 km or 107 mi	Monaco City	$6593
172 km or 107 mi	Monte Carlo	$6747
175 km or 109 mi	Beziers	$1233
179 km or 111 mi	Menton	$1364
186 km or 116 mi	Valence	$1182
188 km or 117 mi	Ventimiglia	$1452
193 km or 120 mi	Narbonne	$1093
202 km or 125 mi	Sanremo	$1362
212 km or 132 mi	Grenoble	$1434
212 km or 132 mi	Cuneo	$1074
213 km or 132 mi	Perpignan	$1197
224 km or 139 mi	Imperia	$1344
229 km or 142 mi	Figueres	$1338
230 km or 143 mi	Mondovi	$1203
250 km or 155 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
253 km or 157 mi	Rodez	$1361
255 km or 159 mi	Girona	$1539
255 km or 159 mi	Castres	$1391
256 km or 159 mi	Chambery	$1310
269 km or 167 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
270 km or 168 mi	Turin	$1424
273 km or 170 mi	Savona	$1512
274 km or 170 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
277 km or 172 mi	Lyon	$1570
277 km or 172 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
288 km or 179 mi	Asti	$1209
295 km or 184 mi	Annecy	$1522
297 km or 185 mi	Vic	$1076
310 km or 192 mi	Mataro	$1428
311 km or 193 mi	Genoa	$1470