Dresden vs Roseau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Roseau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$2419
🏠 One person rent	$706	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$560
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$492
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$72.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$478
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	65	12
😀 Quality of life	92	49
🏙️ Population	566K	16.6K

The cost of living in Dresden is 51% more expensive than in Roseau. Cities ranked 3968th and 5567th ($1531 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 2nd in Germany and Dominica, respectively. Check Germany vs Dominica comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.5 months in Roseau. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Roseau ranked 1st in Dominica, while ranked 117th and 6790th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Roseau

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	Dresden	Roseau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$55.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$7.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$86.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$134
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$71.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	7.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$1457
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$1077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$1.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$53.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$3.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$5.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$2.39
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$6.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$5.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$7.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$46
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$8.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$41.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$7.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$73.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$4478

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Roseau

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$1173
84 km or 52 mi	Fort-de-France	$1812
86 km or 53 mi	Basse-Terre	$1739
102 km or 63 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1730
103 km or 64 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1732
109 km or 68 mi	Les Abymes	$1717
110 km or 68 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1736
115 km or 71 mi	Le Moule	$1733
149 km or 93 mi	Castries	$1170
181 km or 112 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
199 km or 124 mi	All Saints	$1166
208 km or 129 mi	St. John's	$1145
226 km or 140 mi	Georgetown	$989
238 km or 148 mi	Kingstown	$995
265 km or 165 mi	Basseterre	$1330
270 km or 168 mi	Cayon	$1332
301 km or 187 mi	Holetown	$1454
310 km or 193 mi	Bridgetown	$1336
351 km or 218 mi	Philipsburg	$2884
355 km or 220 mi	Grenville	$1079
364 km or 226 mi	St. George's	$1078
449 km or 279 mi	Saint Croix	$2600
463 km or 288 mi	Scarborough	$1136
490 km or 304 mi	Road Town	$2293
509 km or 316 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2022
515 km or 320 mi	Port of Spain	$1284
517 km or 321 mi	San Juan	$1232
532 km or 331 mi	Chaguanas	$1097
546 km or 339 mi	La Asuncion	$641
552 km or 343 mi	Porlamar	$610
552 km or 343 mi	Carupano	$699
558 km or 347 mi	San Fernando	$1010
565 km or 351 mi	Fajardo	$1583
566 km or 352 mi	Naguabo	$1683
568 km or 353 mi	Yabucoa	$1710
569 km or 354 mi	Humacao	$1299
575 km or 357 mi	Las Piedras	$1667
584 km or 363 mi	Rio Grande	$1716
588 km or 365 mi	Guayama	$1572
589 km or 366 mi	Gurabo	$1189