Dresden vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$2357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$5959
🏠 One person rent	$729	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$2858
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$261
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$3414
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	89	95
🏙️ Population	563K	2.15M

The cost of living in Dresden is 38% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3857th and 998th ($1462 vs $2357) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th 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 30th best city to live in Germany vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 203rd and 22nd 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	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$69.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$8.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$4.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$4.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$1077
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$3334
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$2404
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$13808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$9821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$94.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$21.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$16.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$3.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$18941

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395