Dresden vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$637	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	48
😀 Quality of life	92	63
🏙️ Population	566K	1.2M

The cost of living in Dresden is 38% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4158th and 5192nd ($1448 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 14th in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 96th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dresden	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$5021

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873