Dresden vs Phoenix - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Phoenix
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2395
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$5245
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1494
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2384
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$4432
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	69
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	566K	1.61M

The cost of living in Dresden is 41% less expensive than in Phoenix. Cities ranked 3862nd and 955th ($1402 vs $2395) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 875th 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 1.9 months in Phoenix. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Phoenix ranked 31st in the United States, while ranked 217th and 146th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Phoenix

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	Dresden	Phoenix
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$12.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$6.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$2009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$70.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$63.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$3.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$4.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$50.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$92.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1103
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$12281

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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 Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$1979
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2342
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2423
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2304
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2413
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2525
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2468
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2328
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2306
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2417
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2388
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2281
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2319
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2466
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2073
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$1957
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2763
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1815
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$1926
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2077
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$830
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1947
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1852
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$788
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2729
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$913
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2724