Dresden vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$1940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$4568
🏠 One person rent	$755	$1141
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$1951
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$87.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$3621
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	33
😀 Quality of life	89	82
🏙️ Population	566K	543K

The cost of living in Dresden is 20% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 3768th and 2194th ($1555 vs $1940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd and 1737th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Tucson ranked 202nd in the United States, while ranked 263rd and 634th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Tucson

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	Dresden	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$5.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$891
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$62.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$2738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$2462
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$38.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$4.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$3.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$9.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$93.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$1112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$15639

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2084
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2095
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$727
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2466
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2320
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2349
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2447
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2417
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2448
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2332
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2340
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2523
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2481
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1977
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2344
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2365
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2322
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$881
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2341
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2348
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$982
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1760
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$965
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1911
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2757
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2021
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2245