Dresden vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$684	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	65	98
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	566K	1.97M

The cost of living in Dresden is 24% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 3862nd and 2270th ($1402 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1st in Germany and Austria, respectively. Check Germany vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 217th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Vienna

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	Dresden	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$18199

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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	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987