Dresden vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$755	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$832
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	8
😀 Quality of life	89	63
🏙️ Population	566K	24.7K

The cost of living in Dresden is 2% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 3768th and 3601st ($1555 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd 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 28th best city to live in Germany vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 263rd and 5581st 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	$13.8	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420