Dresden vs Sao Tome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Sao Tome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2253
🏠 One person rent	$684	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$626
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$37.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$252
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	1
😀 Quality of life	88	22
🏙️ Population	566K	65.5K

The cost of living in Dresden is 56% more expensive than in Sao Tome. Cities ranked 3862nd and 6047th ($1402 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 2nd in Germany and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively. Check Germany vs Sao Tome and Principe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.3 months in Sao Tome. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Sao Tome ranked 1st in Sao Tome and Principe, while ranked 217th and 8798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Sao Tome

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	Dresden	Sao Tome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$8.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$608
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1445
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$123
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$17.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$63.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$3685

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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 Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590