Dresden vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$3493
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	94
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	566K	664K

The cost of living in Dresden is 41% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 3862nd and 1038th ($1402 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 3rd in Germany and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Germany vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 217th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Rotterdam

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	Dresden	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514