Dresden vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$1139
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$2793
🏠 One person rent	$637	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$1013
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$1316
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	65	85
😀 Quality of life	92	71
🏙️ Population	566K	5.65M

The cost of living in Dresden is 27% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 4158th and 4898th ($1448 vs $1139) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 5th in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.2 months in Saint Petersburg. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 96th and 3542nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Saint Petersburg

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	Dresden	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$9.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$2.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$738
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$429
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$1362
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$765
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$78.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$8.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	20.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$4926
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$3068
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$1.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$47.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$11.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$3.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$8.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$1.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$13865

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1081
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1079
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1467
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1448
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1104
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1490
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1478
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1383
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1312
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$1085
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1445
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1521
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$758
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1220
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1533
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1673
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1428
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1759
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1843
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1550
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1698
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$834
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1970
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1455
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1644
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1531
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1974
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1419
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1594
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1054
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1684
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1436
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1391
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1492
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1403
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1525
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1578
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1179
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1597