Dresden vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$863
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$2104
🏠 One person rent	$706	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	65	57
😀 Quality of life	92	62
🏙️ Population	566K	2.42M

The cost of living in Dresden is 77% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 3968th and 6516th ($1531 vs $863) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 12th in Germany and Brazil, respectively. Check Germany vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Salvador ranked 18th in Brazil, while ranked 117th and 5693rd 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	$13.3	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$7.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$270
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$74.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	10.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$1920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$1029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$50.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$9.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$9.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$6.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$6.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$5.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$72.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$14902

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$667
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$676
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$568
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$645
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$607
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$645
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$548
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$492
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$651
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$589
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$583
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$628
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$614
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$595
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$648
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$647
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$488
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$608
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$611
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$726
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$602
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$677
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$687
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$611
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$628
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$598
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$609
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$579
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$615
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$598
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$669
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$611
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$609
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$626
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$743