Dresden vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$729	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	65	56
😀 Quality of life	89	58
🏙️ Population	563K	2.42M

The cost of living in Dresden is 97% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 3857th and 6712th ($1462 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 23rd in Germany and Brazil, respectively. Check Germany vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.6 months in Salvador. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 203rd and 5558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Salvador

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	Dresden	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$10964

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610