Dresden vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$3346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$7719
🏠 One person rent	$729	$2248
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$4052
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$722
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$5772
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	65	87
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	563K	1.39M

The cost of living in Dresden is 56% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 3857th and 45th ($1462 vs $3346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 36th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.7 months in San Diego. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs San Diego ranked 12th in the United States, while ranked 203rd and 75th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs San Diego

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	Dresden	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$85.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$8.25
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$5.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$2399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$1894
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$4351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$3534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$69.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$9294
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$7063
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$72.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$3.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$4.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$14.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$5.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$3.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$18.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$11.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$10.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$5.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$72.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$28
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$56.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$1752
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$21468

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$2973
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2775
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2821
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2936
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1050
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2799
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2765
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2853
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$922
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2795
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2718
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2783
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$2926
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2579
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2886
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3006
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2828
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2650
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2717
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2587
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$912
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2789
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2595
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2647