Dresden vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$684	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	88	74
🏙️ Population	566K	13.1M

The cost of living in Dresden is 13% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3862nd and 4359th ($1402 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th 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 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 217th and 1187th 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	$12.9	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592