Dresden vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$1098
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$2653
🏠 One person rent	$637	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	44
😀 Quality of life	92	63
🏙️ Population	566K	2.2M

The cost of living in Dresden is 32% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 4158th and 5021st ($1448 vs $1098) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 2nd in Germany and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check Germany vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 96th and 5488th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Santo Domingo

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	Dresden	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$8.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$2.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$311
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$1092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$555
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$66
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$39.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	13.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$1199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$24.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$22.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$2.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$6.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$5.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$34.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$47.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$7126

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551

Cities near Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$894
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$908
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$786
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$844
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$786
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$640
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$820
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$803
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$748
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$618
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$672
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$858
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$814
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$577
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$792
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$814
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$849
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$688
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$1026
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$1113
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1079
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$812
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$867
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$857
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$522
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$539
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$535
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$559
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$545
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$530
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1318
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1208
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1525
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1630
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1497
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$533
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1714
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1654
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1611
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$539