Dresden vs Oklahoma City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Oklahoma City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1832
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$4509
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1019
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1671
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$3756
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	70
😀 Quality of life	88	88
🏙️ Population	566K	681K

The cost of living in Dresden is 24% less expensive than in Oklahoma City. Cities ranked 3862nd and 2302nd ($1402 vs $1832) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1898th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 2.1 months in Oklahoma City. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Oklahoma City ranked 46th in the United States, while ranked 217th and 208th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Oklahoma City

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	Dresden	Oklahoma City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$6.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$773
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2111
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1168
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1675
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$6.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$3.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$35.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1575
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$23318

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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 Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1878
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1861
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$1946
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1824
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1862
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1621
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$1989
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1855
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1748
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1814
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1816
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1638
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1671
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1865
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1874
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1851
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1864
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1855
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1544
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1629
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2205
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2229
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1846
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$2014
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2219
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2246
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2239
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2395
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2111
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2258
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2025
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2253
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2538
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2015
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2184