Dresden vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$2831
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	65	87
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	566K	518K

The cost of living in Dresden is 21% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 3862nd and 2490th ($1402 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 147th in Germany and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Germany vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 217th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Sheffield

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	Dresden	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$9487

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750