Dresden vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1930
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$4538
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1129
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$1921
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$86.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$3744
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	33
😀 Quality of life	92	84
🏙️ Population	566K	543K

The cost of living in Dresden is 21% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 3968th and 2278th ($1531 vs $1930) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 1724th 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 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Tucson ranked 164th in the United States, while ranked 117th and 490th 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	$13.3	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$65.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$6.25
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$1140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$876
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$1996
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$208
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$64.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$3141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$2502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$2.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$4.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$4.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$3.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$3.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$92.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$87.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$1109
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$15659

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2089
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2110
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$776
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2444
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2227
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2396
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2381
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2298
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2435
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2471
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2357
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2359
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2338
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1961
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2345
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2324
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2312
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$890
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2317
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2316
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1764
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$978
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1919
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2798
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$1993
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2190