Dresden vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$6742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	80
😀 Quality of life	88	91
🏙️ Population	566K	737K

The cost of living in Dresden is 54% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 3862nd and 158th ($1402 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 140th 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 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 217th and 98th 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	$12.9	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093