Dresden vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$755	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	89	97
🏙️ Population	566K	2.15M

The cost of living in Dresden is 38% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3768th and 843rd ($1555 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd 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 1.5 months in Paris. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 263rd and 18th 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	$13.8	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$15084

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488