Dresden vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$3028
🏠 One person rent	$729	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$1253
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$740
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	90
😀 Quality of life	89	68
🏙️ Population	563K	9.21M

The cost of living in Dresden is 23% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 3857th and 4630th ($1462 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 6th in Germany and Mexico, respectively. Check Germany vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 203rd and 3360th 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	$12	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$838
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$1747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1045
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	11.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$2781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$2233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$53.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$8550

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709