Dresden vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$684	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$401
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	35
😀 Quality of life	88	35
🏙️ Population	566K	2.96M

The cost of living in Dresden is 157% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 3862nd and 8272nd ($1402 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1st in Germany and Yemen, respectively. Check Germany vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 217th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Sanaa

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	Dresden	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$2809

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886