Dresden vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$4749
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	82
😀 Quality of life	88	88
🏙️ Population	566K	468K

The cost of living in Dresden is 41% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 3862nd and 972nd ($1402 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 892nd 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 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 217th and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dresden	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$21914

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682