Dresden vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$2448
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$5605
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1473
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$2303
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$587
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$226
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$4181
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	94
😀 Quality of life	92	96
🏙️ Population	566K	2.14M

The cost of living in Dresden is 37% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 3968th and 978th ($1531 vs $2448) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 6th in Germany and Australia, respectively. Check Germany vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.7 months in Perth. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Perth ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 117th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Perth

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	Dresden	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$8.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$1621
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$1228
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$2691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1923
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$169
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$56.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$6285
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$4935
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$2.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$88
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$5.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$4.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$3.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$47.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$81
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$2141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$15409

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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 Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894