Dresden vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$2133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$4730
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1249
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$1952
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$587
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$172
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$3871
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	49
😀 Quality of life	92	92
🏙️ Population	566K	1.02M

The cost of living in Dresden is 28% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 3968th and 1668th ($1531 vs $2133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 27th in Germany and Canada, respectively. Check Germany vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.8 months in Ottawa. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Ottawa ranked 10th in Canada, while ranked 117th and 123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Ottawa

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	Dresden	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$1328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$1047
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$2126
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$96.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$148
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$48.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	4.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$4318
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$3670
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$99.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$2.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.05
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$13.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$44.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$68.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$882
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$17337

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1866
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2229
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1703
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1868
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1971
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1896
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1924
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1864
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1948
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1930
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1935
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1950
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1920
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1934
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1944
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1476
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1927
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1923
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1914
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$2047
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1733
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1862
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1910
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1928
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1940
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1923
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1960
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2080
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1897
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1846
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1861
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891