Dresden vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$684	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$602
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	65	71
😀 Quality of life	88	61
🏙️ Population	566K	10.6M

The cost of living in Dresden is 191% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 3862nd and 8748th ($1402 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 217th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Shijiazhuang

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	Dresden	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$4785

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716