Dresden vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$1890
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$4601
🏠 One person rent	$755	$1094
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$1904
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$512
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$3306
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	65	87
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	566K	518K

The cost of living in Dresden is 18% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 3768th and 2353rd ($1555 vs $1890) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd and 149th 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 1.7 months in Sheffield. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Sheffield ranked 20th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 263rd and 148th 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	$13.8	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$5.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$799
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$1813
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$1471
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$4352
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$3110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$3.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$3.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$8.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$2.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$2.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$84.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$73
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$1226
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$24382

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563

Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1588
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1507
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1617
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1830
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1669
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1833
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1887
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1698
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$2067
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1921
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1783
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1746
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1658
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1831
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1788
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$2034
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$2001
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1968
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1918
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1413
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1759
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1850
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1837
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$2040
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1974
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1513
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1849
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1578
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2011
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1851