Dresden vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$5854
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1514
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$2239
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$740
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$4328
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	100
😀 Quality of life	92	92
🏙️ Population	566K	1.6M

The cost of living in Dresden is 41% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 3968th and 742nd ($1531 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 648th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.7 months in Philadelphia. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Philadelphia ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 117th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Philadelphia

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	Dresden	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$6.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$1612
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$1201
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$2399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1810
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$158
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$238
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$72.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$3762
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$1992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$95.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$4.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$8.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$17.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$6.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$5.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$3.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$60.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$49
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$93.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$2195
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$17603

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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 Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2612
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2604
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2699
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2636
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2412
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2632
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2572
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2626
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2493
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2549
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2609
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2600
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2612
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2350
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2639
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2639
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2793
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2445
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2392
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2541
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2520
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2315
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2668
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2603
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2207
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2648
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3077
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2609
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2740
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2802
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2835
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2753
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2835
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2301
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2933
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2171
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2684
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2801