Dresden vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$684	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1842
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	92
😀 Quality of life	88	86
🏙️ Population	566K	2.75M

The cost of living in Dresden is 18% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 3862nd and 2624th ($1402 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th 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 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 217th and 337th 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	$12.9	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201