Dresden vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Rabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$1870
🏠 One person rent	$706	$339
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$566
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$354
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	40
😀 Quality of life	92	62
🏙️ Population	566K	573K

The cost of living in Dresden is 98% more expensive than in Rabat. Cities ranked 3968th and 6865th ($1531 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 3rd in Germany and Morocco, respectively. Check Germany vs Morocco comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.5 months in Rabat. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Rabat ranked 4th in Morocco, while ranked 117th and 5750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Rabat

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	Dresden	Rabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$4.35
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$5.42
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$780
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$423
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$37.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$1958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$1097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$8.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$8.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$4.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$29.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$6.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$91.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$7353

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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 Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$598
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$671
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$612
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$732
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$953
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$589
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$513
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$610
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$558
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$482
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$881
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$577
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1394
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1340
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$1041
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1212
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2594
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1187
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1316
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1560
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$769
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1497
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$539
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$1008
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1625
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1295
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$1935
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$1003
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1537
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1490
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1471
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1551
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1614
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1563
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$1275
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1337
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1307
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1581
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$1979
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1727