Dresden vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$3059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$6994
🏠 One person rent	$684	$2104
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$3885
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$4040
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	89
😀 Quality of life	88	97
🏙️ Population	566K	5.87M

The cost of living in Dresden is 54% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 3862nd and 129th ($1402 vs $3059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1st in Germany and Singapore, respectively. Check Germany vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.3 months in Singapore City. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 217th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Singapore City

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	Dresden	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$9.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$7.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$2532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1834
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$5168
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$3336
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$97
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$149
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$33.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$22055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$7662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$82.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$2.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$3.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$24.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$4.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$107
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$74
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$1115
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$27780

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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 Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$539
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$679
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$682
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$669
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$604
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$529
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$532
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$645
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$458
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$670
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$565
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$883
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$628
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$395
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$695
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$417
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$430
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$500
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$619
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$620
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$605