Dresden vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dresden	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1406	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3498	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$696	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1355	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$446	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2906	$818
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	8
😀 Quality of life	88	59
🏙️ Population	555K	24.7K

The cost of living in Dresden is 13% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 3786th and 3034th ($1406 vs $1608) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 426th and 1st in Germany and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Germany vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Dresden ranked 31st best city to live in Germany vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 190th and 5511th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Victoria

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	Dresden	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.84	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1317	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$955	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.5	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4611	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4133	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.1	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.8	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.89	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.7	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10601	$8062

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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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524