Dresden vs Port of Spain - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Port of Spain
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1284
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$3064
🏠 One person rent	$706	$621
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$1077
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$496
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$51.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$779
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	65	27
😀 Quality of life	92	57
🏙️ Population	566K	49K

The cost of living in Dresden is 19% more expensive than in Port of Spain. Cities ranked 3968th and 4601st ($1531 vs $1284) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th 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 19th best city to live in Germany vs Port of Spain ranked 1st in Trinidad and Tobago, while ranked 117th and 6239th 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	$13.3	$9.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$78.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$8.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$442
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$1522
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$807
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$49.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$76.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$50.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$4336
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$1728
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$1.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$86.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$9.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$9.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$9.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$4.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$21.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$5.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$52.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$9.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$45.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$388
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$9211

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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 Port of Spain

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	San Juan	$1232
21 km or 13 mi	Chaguanas	$1097
43 km or 27 mi	San Fernando	$1010
103 km or 64 mi	Scarborough	$1136
155 km or 96 mi	St. George's	$1078
162 km or 101 mi	Grenville	$1079
188 km or 117 mi	Tucupita	$767
188 km or 117 mi	Carupano	$699
209 km or 130 mi	Maturin	$844
257 km or 159 mi	Porlamar	$610
259 km or 161 mi	La Asuncion	$641
280 km or 174 mi	Kingstown	$995
285 km or 177 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$892
291 km or 181 mi	Cumana	$679
294 km or 183 mi	Georgetown	$989
310 km or 193 mi	Upata	$788
340 km or 211 mi	Bridgetown	$1336
343 km or 213 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$703
346 km or 215 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
346 km or 215 mi	Cantaura	$675
347 km or 216 mi	Holetown	$1454
351 km or 218 mi	Anaco	$642
351 km or 218 mi	Barcelona	$888
352 km or 218 mi	Lecheria	$771
360 km or 224 mi	El Tigre	$741
361 km or 224 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$848
377 km or 234 mi	Castries	$1170
440 km or 273 mi	Fort-de-France	$1812
442 km or 274 mi	Zaraza	$827
515 km or 320 mi	Roseau	$1012
518 km or 322 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$811
540 km or 335 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$840
546 km or 339 mi	Portsmouth	$1173
549 km or 341 mi	Guarenas	$923
550 km or 341 mi	Guatire	$918
563 km or 350 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$805
565 km or 351 mi	Santa Lucia	$780
567 km or 353 mi	Georgetown	$1181
579 km or 360 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$605
586 km or 364 mi	Charallave	$775