Dresden vs Port of Spain - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Port of Spain
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1193
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2981
🏠 One person rent	$684	$555
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1122
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$477
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	65	27
😀 Quality of life	88	51
🏙️ Population	566K	84.1K

The cost of living in Dresden is 17% more expensive than in Port of Spain. Cities ranked 3862nd and 4503rd ($1402 vs $1193) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th 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 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.8 months in Port of Spain. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Port of Spain ranked 1st in Trinidad and Tobago, while ranked 217th and 6190th 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	$12.9	$9.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$78.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$7.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$408
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1406
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$902
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$68.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$51.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	5.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$4421
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$86.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$9.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$2.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$19.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$5.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$6.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$8.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$54.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$5597

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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 Port of Spain

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	San Juan	$1178
21 km or 13 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
43 km or 27 mi	San Fernando	$953
103 km or 64 mi	Scarborough	$1084
155 km or 96 mi	St. George's	$1062
162 km or 101 mi	Grenville	$1070
188 km or 117 mi	Tucupita	$777
188 km or 117 mi	Carupano	$737
209 km or 130 mi	Maturin	$890
257 km or 159 mi	Porlamar	$684
259 km or 161 mi	La Asuncion	$695
280 km or 174 mi	Kingstown	$1000
285 km or 177 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
291 km or 181 mi	Cumana	$716
294 km or 183 mi	Georgetown	$1007
310 km or 193 mi	Upata	$789
340 km or 211 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
343 km or 213 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
346 km or 215 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
346 km or 215 mi	Cantaura	$674
347 km or 216 mi	Holetown	$1418
351 km or 218 mi	Anaco	$639
351 km or 218 mi	Barcelona	$858
352 km or 218 mi	Lecheria	$837
360 km or 224 mi	El Tigre	$746
361 km or 224 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
377 km or 234 mi	Castries	$1161
440 km or 273 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
442 km or 274 mi	Zaraza	$804
515 km or 320 mi	Roseau	$1015
518 km or 322 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
540 km or 335 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847
546 km or 339 mi	Portsmouth	$1123
549 km or 341 mi	Guarenas	$918
550 km or 341 mi	Guatire	$917
563 km or 350 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$939
565 km or 351 mi	Santa Lucia	$892
567 km or 353 mi	Georgetown	$1062
579 km or 360 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$901
586 km or 364 mi	Charallave	$904