Dresden vs Roseau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Roseau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$1008
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$2417
🏠 One person rent	$755	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$563
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$490
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$72.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$482
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	65	12
😀 Quality of life	89	50
🏙️ Population	566K	14.7K

The cost of living in Dresden is 54% more expensive than in Roseau. Cities ranked 3768th and 5501st ($1555 vs $1008) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd 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 28th best city to live in Germany vs Roseau ranked 1st in Dominica, while ranked 263rd and 6632nd 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	$13.8	$7.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$55.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$1.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$255
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$181
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$86
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$70.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	7.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$1010
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$1.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$52.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$29.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$3.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$5.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$2.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$6.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$5.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$7.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$5.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$3.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$46.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$8.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$41.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$56
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$74.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$4439

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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 Roseau

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$1168
84 km or 52 mi	Fort-de-France	$1741
86 km or 53 mi	Basse-Terre	$1673
102 km or 63 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1673
103 km or 64 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1662
109 km or 68 mi	Les Abymes	$1656
110 km or 68 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1662
115 km or 71 mi	Le Moule	$1659
149 km or 93 mi	Castries	$1169
181 km or 112 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
199 km or 124 mi	All Saints	$1135
208 km or 129 mi	St. John's	$1131
226 km or 140 mi	Georgetown	$988
238 km or 148 mi	Kingstown	$988
265 km or 165 mi	Basseterre	$1336
270 km or 168 mi	Cayon	$1338
301 km or 187 mi	Holetown	$1463
310 km or 193 mi	Bridgetown	$1352
351 km or 218 mi	Philipsburg	$2878
355 km or 220 mi	Grenville	$1076
364 km or 226 mi	St. George's	$1075
449 km or 279 mi	Saint Croix	$2593
463 km or 288 mi	Scarborough	$1111
490 km or 304 mi	Road Town	$2303
509 km or 316 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2042
515 km or 320 mi	Port of Spain	$1248
517 km or 321 mi	San Juan	$1213
532 km or 331 mi	Chaguanas	$1079
546 km or 339 mi	La Asuncion	$638
552 km or 343 mi	Porlamar	$610
552 km or 343 mi	Carupano	$697
558 km or 347 mi	San Fernando	$1007
565 km or 351 mi	Fajardo	$1592
566 km or 352 mi	Naguabo	$1693
568 km or 353 mi	Yabucoa	$1686
569 km or 354 mi	Humacao	$1305
575 km or 357 mi	Las Piedras	$1646
584 km or 363 mi	Rio Grande	$1702
588 km or 365 mi	Guayama	$1554
589 km or 366 mi	Gurabo	$1155