Dresden vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$755	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$391
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	65	56
😀 Quality of life	89	62
🏙️ Population	566K	2.42M

The cost of living in Dresden is 97% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 3768th and 6702nd ($1555 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd and 17th 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 0.5 months in Salvador. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 263rd and 5621st 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	$13.8	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699