Dresden vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1074
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$2495
🏠 One person rent	$706	$545
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$805
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$1751
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	16
😀 Quality of life	92	57
🏙️ Population	566K	886K

The cost of living in Dresden is 43% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 3968th and 5149th ($1531 vs $1074) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 5th in Germany and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Germany vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 117th and 6188th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Tabuk

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	Dresden	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$7.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$359
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$589
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$80.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	5.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$1530
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$9.97
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$6.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$65.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$25.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$3.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$28.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$660
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$8518

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$800
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$479
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1853
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$824
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$598
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$942
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$665
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$354
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$360
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$724
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$2002
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1946
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$790
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1700
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1936
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1962
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1062
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$895
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$2022
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$776
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1993
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1013
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$776
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1122
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1761
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$546
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$2145
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$2066
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2346
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2172
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$2154
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$288
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403