Dresden vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$684	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$550
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	65	5
😀 Quality of life	88	34
🏙️ Population	566K	115K

The cost of living in Dresden is 232% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 3862nd and 8915th ($1402 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 2nd in Germany and Bhutan, respectively. Check Germany vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 217th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Thimphu

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	Dresden	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$666

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300