Dresden vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$3039
🏠 One person rent	$729	$446
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$989
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$1634
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	52
😀 Quality of life	89	67
🏙️ Population	563K	791K

The cost of living in Dresden is 32% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 3857th and 4902nd ($1462 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 146th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.5 months in Niigata. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Niigata ranked 578th in Japan, while ranked 203rd and 3769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Niigata

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	Dresden	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$43.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$2.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$327
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$692
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$2976
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$2688
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$22.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$1.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$26.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$87.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$15392

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1041
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1047
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1048
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1049
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1051
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1042
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1046
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1112
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1053
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1091
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1082
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1106
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1048
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$1015
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1107
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1053
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1127
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$1000
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1087
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1054
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$1002
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$1004
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1062
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1081
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1012
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$998
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1017
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1061
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1063
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$1008
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$1016
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$989
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1066
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1046