Dresden vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$729	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	95
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	563K	4.04M

The cost of living in Dresden is 38% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3857th and 5212th ($1462 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 2nd in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 203rd and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs New Taipei

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	Dresden	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605