Dresden vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	88	95
🏙️ Population	566K	2.15M

The cost of living in Dresden is 38% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3862nd and 1222nd ($1402 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1st in Germany and France, respectively. Check Germany vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 217th and 25th 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	$12.9	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293