Dresden vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dresden	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1406	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3498	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$696	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1355	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$446	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2906	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	88	73
🏙️ Population	555K	12.5M

The cost of living in Dresden is 38% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3786th and 5167th ($1406 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 426th and 1st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Dresden ranked 31st best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 190th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Moscow

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	Dresden	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.84	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1317	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$955	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.5	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4611	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4133	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.1	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.8	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.89	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.7	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10601	$10868

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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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517