Dresden vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$684	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	100
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	566K	1.8M

The cost of living in Dresden is 25% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 3862nd and 2225th ($1402 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 51st in Germany and Canada, respectively. Check Germany vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 217th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Montreal

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	Dresden	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692