Dresden vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$684	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	54
😀 Quality of life	88	66
🏙️ Population	566K	8.78M

The cost of living in Dresden is 118% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 3862nd and 7256th ($1402 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 118th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 217th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Quanzhou

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	Dresden	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936