Dresden vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$6395
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1516
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$4131
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	566K	1.6M

The cost of living in Dresden is 46% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 3862nd and 664th ($1402 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 610th 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 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.6 months in Philadelphia. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Philadelphia ranked 28th in the United States, while ranked 217th and 138th 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	$12.9	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$94.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$5.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$3231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$2273
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$3404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2379
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$95.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$4.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$9.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$6.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$5.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$5.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$3.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$3.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$2066
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$19774

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419

Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2625
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2596
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2683
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2621
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2415
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2574
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2604
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2477
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2567
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2600
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2591
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2608
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2368
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2600
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2611
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2787
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2493
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2423
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2582
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2541
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2353
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2683
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2676
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2085
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2653
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$2901
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2642
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2739
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2919
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2819
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2723
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2782
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2849
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2303
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2264
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2880
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2320
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2557
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2693