Dresden vs Wichita - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Wichita
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1820
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$4356
🏠 One person rent	$706	$968
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$1642
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$613
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$85.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$3492
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	46
😀 Quality of life	92	85
🏙️ Population	566K	398K

The cost of living in Dresden is 16% less expensive than in Wichita. Cities ranked 3968th and 2786th ($1531 vs $1820) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 1921st in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 1.9 months in Wichita. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Wichita ranked 150th in the United States, while ranked 117th and 462nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Wichita

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	Dresden	Wichita
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$60.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$665
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$1753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$1201
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$259
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	6.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$1544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$1474
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$55.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$3.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$5.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$6.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$5.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$5.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$9.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$44.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$109
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$43.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$919
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$16041

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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 Wichita

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Derby	$1860
40 km or 25 mi	Newton	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Hutchinson	$1284
111 km or 69 mi	Ponca	$1571
128 km or 80 mi	Salina	$1578
129 km or 80 mi	Emporia	$1358
151 km or 94 mi	Enid	$1838
155 km or 96 mi	Junction	$1904
161 km or 100 mi	Bartlesville	$1762
176 km or 109 mi	Stillwater	$1850
179 km or 111 mi	Manhattan	$1786
205 km or 128 mi	Owasso	$1833
209 km or 130 mi	Topeka	$1563
213 km or 132 mi	Tulsa	$1876
216 km or 134 mi	Claremore	$1842
217 km or 135 mi	Sapulpa	$1903
218 km or 136 mi	Hays	$1508
227 km or 141 mi	Edmond	$1758
230 km or 143 mi	Broken Arrow	$1884
232 km or 144 mi	Bixby	$1894
232 km or 144 mi	Lawrence	$1808
234 km or 146 mi	Pittsburg	$1914
236 km or 147 mi	Dodge	$1676
245 km or 152 mi	Gardner	$2160
246 km or 153 mi	Yukon	$1883
246 km or 153 mi	Oklahoma City	$1922
248 km or 154 mi	Midwest	$1941
250 km or 155 mi	Del	$1955
258 km or 160 mi	Mustang	$1947
258 km or 160 mi	Olathe	$2299
258 km or 161 mi	Joplin	$1825
262 km or 163 mi	Moore	$2011
263 km or 164 mi	Shawnee	$1865
266 km or 165 mi	Lenexa	$2341
268 km or 167 mi	Shawnee	$2283
270 km or 168 mi	Overland Park	$2433
274 km or 170 mi	Leawood	$2314
274 km or 171 mi	Norman	$2039
275 km or 171 mi	Belton	$1833
276 km or 172 mi	Prairie Village	$2328