Dresden vs Roseau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Roseau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2824
🏠 One person rent	$684	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$483
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$75.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$484
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	65	12
😀 Quality of life	88	46
🏙️ Population	566K	14.7K

The cost of living in Dresden is 38% more expensive than in Roseau. Cities ranked 3862nd and 5404th ($1402 vs $1015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 2nd in Germany and Dominica, respectively. Check Germany vs Dominica comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.5 months in Roseau. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Roseau ranked 1st in Dominica, while ranked 217th and 6511th 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	$12.9	$7.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$64.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$6.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$183
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1058
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$56.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	7.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$945
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$32.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$3.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$5.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$2.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$9.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$6.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$7.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$8.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$41.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$6.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$148
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$3299

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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 Roseau

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$1123
84 km or 52 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
86 km or 53 mi	Basse-Terre	$1508
102 km or 63 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1497
103 km or 64 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1505
109 km or 68 mi	Les Abymes	$1489
110 km or 68 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1501
115 km or 71 mi	Le Moule	$1499
149 km or 93 mi	Castries	$1161
181 km or 112 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
199 km or 124 mi	All Saints	$1037
208 km or 129 mi	St. John's	$1039
226 km or 140 mi	Georgetown	$1007
238 km or 148 mi	Kingstown	$1000
265 km or 165 mi	Basseterre	$1373
270 km or 168 mi	Cayon	$1377
301 km or 187 mi	Holetown	$1418
310 km or 193 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
351 km or 218 mi	Philipsburg	$1968
355 km or 220 mi	Grenville	$1070
364 km or 226 mi	St. George's	$1062
449 km or 279 mi	Saint Croix	$2551
463 km or 288 mi	Scarborough	$1084
490 km or 304 mi	Road Town	$2289
509 km or 316 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2177
515 km or 320 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
517 km or 321 mi	San Juan	$1178
532 km or 331 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
546 km or 339 mi	La Asuncion	$695
552 km or 343 mi	Porlamar	$684
552 km or 343 mi	Carupano	$737
558 km or 347 mi	San Fernando	$953
565 km or 351 mi	Fajardo	$1566
566 km or 352 mi	Naguabo	$1704
568 km or 353 mi	Yabucoa	$1631
569 km or 354 mi	Humacao	$1364
575 km or 357 mi	Las Piedras	$1483
584 km or 363 mi	Rio Grande	$1670
588 km or 365 mi	Guayama	$1532
589 km or 366 mi	Gurabo	$1166