Dresden vs Omaha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Omaha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$5023
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1218
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2227
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$605
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$97.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$4141
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	75
😀 Quality of life	88	88
🏙️ Population	566K	486K

The cost of living in Dresden is 32% less expensive than in Omaha. Cities ranked 3862nd and 1666th ($1402 vs $2068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1477th 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 months in Omaha. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Omaha ranked 57th in the United States, while ranked 217th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Omaha

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	Dresden	Omaha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2548
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1708
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1801
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$55.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$5.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$6.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$8.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$4.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$95.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$57.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$94.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$917
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$24732

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2014
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1994
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1698
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1996
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1759
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1949
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1865
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1878
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1857
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1853
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1831
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1854
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1706
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1829
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1709
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1649
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1993
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1848
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1992
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1922
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1720
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1684
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2196
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1710
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2259
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2121
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2322
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1825
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2437
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2290
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2039
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2325
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2124
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1979