Dresden vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$1972
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$4629
🏠 One person rent	$637	$1099
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$1926
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$525
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$2041
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	91
😀 Quality of life	92	91
🏙️ Population	566K	2.75M

The cost of living in Dresden is 27% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 4158th and 2104th ($1448 vs $1972) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 2nd in Germany and Italy, respectively. Check Germany vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1 months in Rome. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 96th and 134th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Rome

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	Dresden	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$63.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$6.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$2.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$861
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$2194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$1571
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$129
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$8628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$3484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$19.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$5.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$6.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$7.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$61.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$83.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$499
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$14156

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1179
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1779
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1707
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1512
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1425
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1417
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1400
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1683
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1367
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1166
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1173
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1322
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1474
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1421
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1316
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1212
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1383
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1473
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1296
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1217
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1215
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1395
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1240
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1407
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1346
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1429
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1385
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1645
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1048
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1480
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1570
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1413
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1305
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1476
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1201
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1431
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1685
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1330