Dresden vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1046
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$2757
🏠 One person rent	$729	$446
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$985
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$527
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	44
😀 Quality of life	89	57
🏙️ Population	563K	1.13M

The cost of living in Dresden is 40% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 3857th and 5318th ($1462 vs $1046) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 1st 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 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.5 months in Santo Domingo. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 203rd and 5688th 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	$12	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$6.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$1316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$767
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$71.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	13.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$1857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$1352
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$69.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.39
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$4.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$46.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$6.68
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$362
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$6229

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$831
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$838
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$709
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$731
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$660
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$542
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$791
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$748
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$685
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$527
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$718
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$809
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$758
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$573
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$769
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$728
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$794
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$625
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$790
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$964
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1023
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$766
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$740
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$727
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$513
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$529
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$524
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$549
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$536
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$520
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1230
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1237
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1114
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1425
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$516
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1523
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1527
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1458
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$527