Dresden vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	92	96
🏙️ Population	566K	2.11M

The cost of living in Dresden is 38% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3968th and 916th ($1531 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 1st in Germany and France, respectively. Check Germany vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 117th and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Paris

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	Dresden	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544