Dresden vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2532
🏠 One person rent	$684	$462
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$581
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	95
😀 Quality of life	88	65
🏙️ Population	566K	11.5M

The cost of living in Dresden is 44% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 3862nd and 5654th ($1402 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1st 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 0.6 months in Sao Paulo. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 217th and 4281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Sao Paulo

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	Dresden	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$6.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$6.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$43.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$65.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	11.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$2420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1633
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$7.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$7.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$25.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$7.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$78.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$527
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$14254

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$662
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$647
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$618
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$661
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$636
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$703
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$621
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$605
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$612
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$600
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$614
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$628
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$615
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$603
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$568
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$615
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$732
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$607
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$609
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$611