Dresden vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dresden	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1406	$2231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3498	$5578
🏠 One person rent	$696	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$1355	$2603
🍽️ Food expenses	$446	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$247
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2906	$3155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	88	94
🏙️ Population	555K	2.15M

The cost of living in Dresden is 37% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3786th and 1216th ($1406 vs $2231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 426th and 2nd 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 31st best city to live in Germany vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 190th and 33rd 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	$11.6	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.84	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$8.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$3.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$1007
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1317	$3026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$955	$2200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.5	$32.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4611	$12958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4133	$9199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.1	$91.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.8	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$5.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$24.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$4.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$9.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.89	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$4.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$3.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.7	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$838
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10601	$16502

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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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1273
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1663
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1582
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2023
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1835
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1445
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2256
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1854
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1605
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1714
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1819
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1647
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1534
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1633
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1743
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1583
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1667
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1625
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1868
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1641
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1323
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1518
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1345
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1586
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1278
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1465
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1305
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1239
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1151
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1139
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1166
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1393
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1218
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1526
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1129
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1206
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1265
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1381