Dresden vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$684	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$2528
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	65	52
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	566K	686K

The cost of living in Dresden is 50% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 3862nd and 5882nd ($1402 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 732nd 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 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Shizuoka ranked 10th in Japan, while ranked 217th and 271st 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	$12.9	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$8368

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083