Dresden vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dresden	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1406	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3498	$3619
🏠 One person rent	$696	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1355	$1662
🍽️ Food expenses	$446	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2906	$1671
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	92
😀 Quality of life	88	85
🏙️ Population	555K	1.36M

The cost of living in Dresden is 8% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3786th and 3308th ($1406 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 426th and 1st in Germany and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Germany vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Dresden ranked 31st best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 190th and 273rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Prague

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	Dresden	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$8.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.84	$8.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$926
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1317	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$955	$1265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.5	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4611	$7359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4133	$5167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.1	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.8	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.89	$6.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.7	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10601	$11372

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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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002