Dresden vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1341
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$3192
🏠 One person rent	$729	$726
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$75
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$1594
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	61
😀 Quality of life	89	80
🏙️ Population	563K	581K

The cost of living in Dresden is 9% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 3857th and 4248th ($1462 vs $1341) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 1st in Germany and Lithuania, respectively. Check Germany vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.2 months in Vilnius. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 203rd and 531st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Vilnius

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	Dresden	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$57.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$8.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$4.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$741
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$527
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$1406
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$920
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$5601
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$3443
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$32.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$8.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$53.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$82.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$97
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$570
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$8624

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$856
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$871
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1191
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$950
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$886
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$902
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$390
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$899
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1061
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$717
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$516
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$999
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$946
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1057
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$563
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1002
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$856
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$817
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1169
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$916
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1377
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1016
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$437
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$578
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$527
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$437
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$298
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$893
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1029
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$467
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$931
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$923
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$977
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1406