Dresden vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$2908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$7212
🏠 One person rent	$729	$1829
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$3413
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$707
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$6392
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	80
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	563K	737K

The cost of living in Dresden is 50% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 3857th and 206th ($1462 vs $2908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 168th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Seattle ranked 16th in the United States, while ranked 203rd and 102nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Seattle

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	Dresden	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$19.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$1947
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$1538
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$3856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$2943
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$67.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$7855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$5704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$4.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$6.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$2227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$28179

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3179
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2901
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2542
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2512
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3091
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2301
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3229
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2784
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2489
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2743
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2821
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2655
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2512
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2491
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2819
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2449
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2172
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2569
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2348
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2655
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2774
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2417
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2576
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2307
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2534
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2435
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2609
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2577
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2263