Dresden vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$1475
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$3516
🏠 One person rent	$637	$792
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$1397
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$447
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$1122
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	93
😀 Quality of life	92	73
🏙️ Population	566K	9.21M

The cost of living in Dresden is 2% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 4158th and 4074th ($1448 vs $1475) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 4th in Germany and Mexico, respectively. Check Germany vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.8 months in Mexico City. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 96th and 2482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Mexico City

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	Dresden	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$44
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$3.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$4.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$1061
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$634
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$1959
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$1139
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$60.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$3972
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$2110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$6.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$5.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$2.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$58.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$69.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$492
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$13182

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005