Dresden vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1810
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$4092
🏠 One person rent	$706	$1069
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$1869
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$2129
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	39
😀 Quality of life	92	76
🏙️ Population	566K	6.44K

The cost of living in Dresden is 15% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 3968th and 2829th ($1531 vs $1810) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 3rd in Germany and Malta, respectively. Check Germany vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 117th and 1410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Valletta

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	Dresden	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$80.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$4.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$1157
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$2066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1605
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$85.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	5.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$4792
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$4205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$32.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$24.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$3.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$7.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$6.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$61.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$20.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$144
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$12962

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$2130
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1857
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1715
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1749
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1783
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1512
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1688
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1739
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1568
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1342
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$1101
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1224
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1279
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$1101
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1318
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1198
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1308
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1235
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1185
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$1077
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1373
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$513
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$586
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$457
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$389
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$495
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1452
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1268
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$316
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$606
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$364
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$394
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$367
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$456
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$620
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$537
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1245
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1342
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$372
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$388