Dresden vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$5984
🏠 One person rent	$729	$1542
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$2792
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$647
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$4931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	82
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	563K	468K

The cost of living in Dresden is 41% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 3857th and 806th ($1462 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 719th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Raleigh ranked 49th in the United States, while ranked 203rd and 202nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Raleigh

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	Dresden	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$77.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$5.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$2.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$1570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$1231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$2956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$2331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$166
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$7431
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$3484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$61.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$4.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$4.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$5.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$5.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$7.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$4.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$23.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$22229

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2278
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1859
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2228
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2217
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2137
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2158
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2146
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2141
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2057
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2043
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1697
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2122
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2110
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1791
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2012
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2099
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2060
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2026
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2110
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2094
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2162
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2076
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2105
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1972
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1917
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2081
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1705
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2146
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2022
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2135
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2299
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2194
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1753