Dresden vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$2020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$4683
🏠 One person rent	$755	$1128
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$1938
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$2219
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	91
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	566K	2.75M

The cost of living in Dresden is 23% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 3768th and 1942nd ($1555 vs $2020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd and 2nd in Germany and Italy, respectively. Check Germany vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 263rd and 292nd 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	$13.8	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$72
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$5.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$2.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$865
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$2374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$1513
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$8120
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$3992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$40.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$4.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$18.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$6.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$7.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$4.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$20.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$84.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$10916

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1153
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1747
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1680
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1479
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1413
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1376
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1345
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1586
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1392
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1404
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1101
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1145
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1128
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1381
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1462
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1307
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1264
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1215
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1340
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1463
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1166
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1191
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1170
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1429
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1271
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1389
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1291
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1365
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1381
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1084
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1438
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1605
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1412
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1299
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1466
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1217
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1325
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1689
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1323