Dresden vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$706	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$912
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	8
😀 Quality of life	92	48
🏙️ Population	566K	24.7K

The cost of living in Dresden is 7% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 3968th and 3471st ($1531 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th 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 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 117th and 6854th 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	$13.3	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$8971

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419