Dresden vs Recife - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Recife
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1826
🏠 One person rent	$684	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$541
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$79.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$413
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	54
😀 Quality of life	88	54
🏙️ Population	566K	1.49M

The cost of living in Dresden is 109% more expensive than in Recife. Cities ranked 3862nd and 7055th ($1402 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 43rd in Germany and Brazil, respectively. Check Germany vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.6 months in Recife. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Recife ranked 19th in Brazil, while ranked 217th and 5998th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Recife

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	Dresden	Recife
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$4.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$22.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$6.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$316
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$427
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$73.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$16.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	13.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1247
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$6.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$6.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$6.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$17.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$52
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$7.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$71.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$269
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$14050

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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 Recife

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Olinda	$588
12 km or 7.2 mi	Camaragibe	$567
13 km or 7.8 mi	Paulista	$446
16 km or 10 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677
31 km or 19 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
47 km or 29 mi	Carpina	$563
56 km or 35 mi	Goiana	$551
108 km or 67 mi	Joao Pessoa	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Caruaru	$503
143 km or 89 mi	Campina Grande	$538
191 km or 119 mi	Rio Largo	$610
200 km or 124 mi	Garanhuns	$572
202 km or 126 mi	Maceio	$667
243 km or 151 mi	Arcoverde	$547
244 km or 152 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
254 km or 158 mi	Natal	$563
271 km or 168 mi	Arapiraca	$591
288 km or 179 mi	Patos	$569
302 km or 188 mi	Caico	$561
311 km or 193 mi	Penedo	$560
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
397 km or 247 mi	Aracaju	$527
419 km or 260 mi	Mossoro	$550
454 km or 282 mi	Estancia	$565
467 km or 290 mi	Salgueiro	$534
476 km or 296 mi	Ico	$563
487 km or 302 mi	Russas	$597
498 km or 309 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
503 km or 312 mi	Aracati	$603
507 km or 315 mi	Crato	$545
523 km or 325 mi	Iguatu	$561
571 km or 355 mi	Quixada	$604
597 km or 371 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
605 km or 376 mi	Serrinha	$540
628 km or 390 mi	Fortaleza	$745
636 km or 395 mi	Petrolina	$531
636 km or 395 mi	Juazeiro	$428
636 km or 395 mi	Caucaia	$685
639 km or 397 mi	Caninde	$595
641 km or 398 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509