Dresden vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$991
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$2646
🏠 One person rent	$729	$364
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$686
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$1854
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	65	53
😀 Quality of life	89	69
🏙️ Population	563K	686K

The cost of living in Dresden is 48% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 3857th and 5761st ($1462 vs $991) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 722nd in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.9 months in Shizuoka. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Shizuoka ranked 420th in Japan, while ranked 203rd and 2988th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Shizuoka

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	Dresden	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$7.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$30.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$3.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$350
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$720
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$524
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$90.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$6785
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$4661
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$2.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$79.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$21.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$3.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$3.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$74.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$61.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$21319

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$964
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$970
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$989
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$993
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$995
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1031
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$999
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$1001
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$1008
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1055
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$993
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1042
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1044
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1043
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1045
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1046
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1042
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$996
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1045
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1050
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1051
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1053
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1046
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1067
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1046
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1062
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1103
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1096
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1116
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1038
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1059
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1121
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1086
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1161
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1042
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1064
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$981
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1103