Dresden vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$4145
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	92	98
🏙️ Population	566K	5.45M

The cost of living in Dresden is 46% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 3968th and 348th ($1531 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 1st in Germany and Australia, respectively. Check Germany vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 117th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Sydney

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	Dresden	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$21946

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864