Dresden vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$729	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	95
😀 Quality of life	89	63
🏙️ Population	563K	11.5M

The cost of living in Dresden is 45% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 3857th and 5616th ($1462 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th 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 0.5 months in Sao Paulo. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 203rd and 4573rd 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	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$13135

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629