Dresden vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$684	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$3476
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	83
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	566K	633K

The cost of living in Dresden is 28% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 3862nd and 1961st ($1402 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 5th in Germany.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Ranked 33rd vs 9th best cities to live in Germany, and 217th vs 63rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Stuttgart

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	Dresden	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581