Dresden vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$684	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$800
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	20
😀 Quality of life	88	41
🏙️ Population	566K	6.44M

The cost of living in Dresden is 109% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 3862nd and 7052nd ($1402 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 74th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 217th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Shangrao

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	Dresden	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621