Dresden vs Port of Spain - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Port of Spain
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$1281
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$3074
🏠 One person rent	$637	$621
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$1078
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$490
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$761
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	65	27
😀 Quality of life	92	58
🏙️ Population	566K	49K

The cost of living in Dresden is 13% more expensive than in Port of Spain. Cities ranked 4158th and 4567th ($1448 vs $1281) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 1st in Germany and Trinidad and Tobago, respectively. Check Germany vs Trinidad and Tobago comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.6 months in Port of Spain. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Port of Spain ranked 1st in Trinidad and Tobago, while ranked 96th and 6113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Port of Spain

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	Dresden	Port of Spain
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$9.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$78.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$8.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$854
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$436
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$1528
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$803
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$83.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$47.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	5.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$4386
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$1725
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$99.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$9.32
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$8.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$5.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$4.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$5.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$5.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$52.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$8.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$400
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$10377

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551

Cities near Port of Spain

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	San Juan	$1223
21 km or 13 mi	Chaguanas	$1106
43 km or 27 mi	San Fernando	$1039
103 km or 64 mi	Scarborough	$1138
155 km or 96 mi	St. George's	$1083
162 km or 101 mi	Grenville	$1083
188 km or 117 mi	Tucupita	$772
188 km or 117 mi	Carupano	$707
209 km or 130 mi	Maturin	$830
257 km or 159 mi	Porlamar	$613
259 km or 161 mi	La Asuncion	$645
280 km or 174 mi	Kingstown	$995
285 km or 177 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$896
291 km or 181 mi	Cumana	$680
294 km or 183 mi	Georgetown	$1005
310 km or 193 mi	Upata	$793
340 km or 211 mi	Bridgetown	$1328
343 km or 213 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$716
346 km or 215 mi	Vieux Fort	$1214
346 km or 215 mi	Cantaura	$685
347 km or 216 mi	Holetown	$1453
351 km or 218 mi	Anaco	$650
351 km or 218 mi	Barcelona	$873
352 km or 218 mi	Lecheria	$773
360 km or 224 mi	El Tigre	$752
361 km or 224 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$846
377 km or 234 mi	Castries	$1178
440 km or 273 mi	Fort-de-France	$1844
442 km or 274 mi	Zaraza	$853
515 km or 320 mi	Roseau	$1010
518 km or 322 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$847
540 km or 335 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$865
546 km or 339 mi	Portsmouth	$1107
549 km or 341 mi	Guarenas	$954
550 km or 341 mi	Guatire	$947
563 km or 350 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$832
565 km or 351 mi	Santa Lucia	$805
567 km or 353 mi	Georgetown	$1212
579 km or 360 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$620
586 km or 364 mi	Charallave	$801