Dresden vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$2338
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$5128
🏠 One person rent	$755	$1431
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$2096
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$545
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$216
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$3927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	93
😀 Quality of life	89	98
🏙️ Population	566K	2.14M

The cost of living in Dresden is 33% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 3768th and 1191st ($1555 vs $2338) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd and 3rd in Germany and Australia, respectively. Check Germany vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.7 months in Perth. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Perth ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 263rd and 12th 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	$13.8	$14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$75.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$8.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$1242
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$2492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$1749
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$51.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$5455
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$4695
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$3.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$77
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$2.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$5.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$4.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$21.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$5.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$2.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$58
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$73.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$1856
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$13377

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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 Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736