Dresden vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$755	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	65	73
😀 Quality of life	89	80
🏙️ Population	566K	7.01M

The cost of living in Dresden is 4% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 3768th and 3418th ($1555 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd and 1st in Germany and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Germany vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 263rd and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Riyadh

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	Dresden	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$9818

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463