Dresden vs Rio de Janeiro - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Rio de Janeiro
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2281
🏠 One person rent	$684	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$372
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	65	95
😀 Quality of life	88	62
🏙️ Population	566K	6.21M

The cost of living in Dresden is 53% more expensive than in Rio de Janeiro. Cities ranked 3862nd and 5954th ($1402 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 2nd 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 0.4 months in Rio de Janeiro. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Rio de Janeiro ranked 3rd in Brazil, while ranked 217th and 4857th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Rio de Janeiro

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	Dresden	Rio de Janeiro
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$5.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$29.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$821
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$535
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$92.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	11.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1746
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1118
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$46.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$7.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$7.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$7.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$1.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$24.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$61.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$7.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$46.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$506
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$10819

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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 Rio de Janeiro

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Niteroi	$718
18 km or 11 mi	Duque de Caxias	$614
21 km or 13 mi	Sao Joao de Meriti	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Belford Roxo	$769
31 km or 19 mi	Nova Iguacu	$562
45 km or 28 mi	Petropolis	$587
60 km or 37 mi	Teresopolis	$546
70 km or 44 mi	Saquarema	$632
98 km or 61 mi	Nova Friburgo	$474
102 km or 64 mi	Volta Redonda	$522
108 km or 67 mi	Barra Mansa	$537
112 km or 70 mi	Sao Pedro da Aldeia	$589
115 km or 72 mi	Angra dos Reis	$636
121 km or 75 mi	Cabo Frio	$584
130 km or 81 mi	Juiz de Fora	$462
135 km or 84 mi	Rio das Ostras	$482
137 km or 85 mi	Resende	$572
157 km or 97 mi	Macae	$642
184 km or 115 mi	Cruzeiro	$595
196 km or 122 mi	Barbacena	$487
199 km or 123 mi	Lorena	$631
200 km or 124 mi	Ubatuba	$599
201 km or 125 mi	Uba	$563
208 km or 129 mi	Guaratingueta	$603
215 km or 134 mi	Muriae	$584
226 km or 140 mi	Sao Joao del-Rei	$505
231 km or 144 mi	Campos dos Goytacazes	$536
232 km or 144 mi	Pindamonhangaba	$588
238 km or 148 mi	Itajuba	$518
240 km or 149 mi	Caraguatatuba	$593
241 km or 150 mi	Taubate	$581
242 km or 150 mi	Vicosa	$584
245 km or 152 mi	Sao Sebastiao	$599
251 km or 156 mi	Tres Coracoes	$523
257 km or 160 mi	Conselheiro Lafaiete	$602
258 km or 160 mi	Cacapava	$605
264 km or 164 mi	Lavras	$503
275 km or 171 mi	Varginha	$449
277 km or 172 mi	Sao Jose dos Campos	$705
279 km or 173 mi	Ponte Nova	$562