Dresden vs Soweto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Soweto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$923
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1686
🏠 One person rent	$684	$540
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$553
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$88.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	29 km
🎓 Higher education	65	63
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	566K	1.27M

The cost of living in Dresden is 52% more expensive than in Soweto. Cities ranked 3862nd and 5917th ($1402 vs $923) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 6th in Germany and South Africa, respectively. Check Germany vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.7 months in Soweto. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Soweto ranked 10th in South Africa, while ranked 217th and 7204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Soweto

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	Dresden	Soweto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$6.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$3.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$827
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$64.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$33.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	11.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$850
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$691
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$31
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$8.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$6.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$2.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$21.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$3
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$3805

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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 Soweto

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Johannesburg	$993
24 km or 15 mi	Randburg	$837
26 km or 16 mi	Sandton	$953
46 km or 28 mi	Vereeniging	$672
46 km or 29 mi	Benoni	$785
48 km or 30 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
56 km or 34 mi	Centurion	$807
58 km or 36 mi	Springs	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Pretoria	$906
73 km or 45 mi	Brits	$820
91 km or 56 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
92 km or 57 mi	Rustenburg	$889
137 km or 85 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
159 km or 99 mi	Bethal	$784
166 km or 103 mi	Kroonstad	$768
170 km or 106 mi	Middelburg	$795
222 km or 138 mi	Welkom	$748
228 km or 142 mi	Mmabatho	$780
249 km or 155 mi	Lobatse	$665
266 km or 165 mi	Gaborone	$691
282 km or 175 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
290 km or 180 mi	Kanye	$664
315 km or 196 mi	Molepolole	$628
321 km or 199 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
329 km or 204 mi	Mbabane	$562
335 km or 208 mi	Vryheid	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Maseru	$621
350 km or 217 mi	Manzini	$442
354 km or 220 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
367 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
399 km or 248 mi	Mafeteng	$567
412 km or 256 mi	Kimberley	$814
420 km or 261 mi	Palapye	$540
446 km or 277 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
447 km or 278 mi	Serowe	$583
461 km or 286 mi	Matola	$964
472 km or 293 mi	Maputo	$1068
506 km or 314 mi	Durban	$809
567 km or 353 mi	Francistown	$624
595 km or 370 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003