Dresden vs Tenerife - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Tenerife
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1612
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$3415
🏠 One person rent	$684	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1469
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1337
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	65	18
😀 Quality of life	88	60
🏙️ Population	566K	932K

The cost of living in Dresden is 13% less expensive than in Tenerife. Cities ranked 3862nd and 3004th ($1402 vs $1612) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 9th in Germany and Spain, respectively. Check Germany vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.8 months in Tenerife. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Tenerife ranked 84th in Spain, while ranked 217th and 5171st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Tenerife

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	Dresden	Tenerife
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$11.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$49.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$8.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$911
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$898
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1580
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1309
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$51.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$77.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$28.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$3352
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2496
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$4.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$4.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$45.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$8.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$67.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$11.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$84
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$454
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$6114

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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 Tenerife

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.7 mi	La Orotava	$1558
17 km or 11 mi	Puerto de la Cruz	$1665
37 km or 23 mi	San Cristobal de La Laguna	$1361
41 km or 26 mi	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	$1371
112 km or 69 mi	Santa Lucia de Tirajana	$1287
116 km or 72 mi	Las Palmas	$1268
269 km or 167 mi	Puerto del Rosario	$1196
272 km or 169 mi	Corralejo	$1500
308 km or 191 mi	Arrecife	$1214
358 km or 222 mi	Laayoune	$559
487 km or 302 mi	Canico	$1338
488 km or 303 mi	Funchal	$1375
488 km or 303 mi	Camara de Lobos	$1337
490 km or 305 mi	Santa Cruz	$1338
495 km or 307 mi	Machico	$1334
715 km or 444 mi	Taghazout	$535
721 km or 448 mi	Agadir	$540
726 km or 451 mi	Ait Melloul	$562
751 km or 467 mi	Essaouira	$640
837 km or 520 mi	Safi	$489
911 km or 566 mi	Marrakesh	$687
951 km or 591 mi	El Jadida	$502
1041 km or 647 mi	Casablanca	$850
1061 km or 659 mi	Khouribga	$435
1065 km or 662 mi	Mohammedia	$652
1082 km or 672 mi	Beni Mellal	$448
1116 km or 694 mi	Temara	$619
1128 km or 701 mi	Rabat	$705
1131 km or 703 mi	Sale	$536
1135 km or 705 mi	Nouakchott	$675
1161 km or 721 mi	Kenitra	$558
1223 km or 760 mi	Meknes	$486
1230 km or 764 mi	Lagos	$1598
1241 km or 771 mi	Portimao	$1248
1245 km or 774 mi	Lagoa	$1330
1251 km or 777 mi	Silves	$1368
1253 km or 779 mi	Albufeira	$1950
1266 km or 787 mi	Faro	$1263
1271 km or 790 mi	Loule	$1415
1272 km or 791 mi	Olhao	$1291