Dresden vs Wichita - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Wichita
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1817
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$4836
🏠 One person rent	$729	$998
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$2208
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$3778
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	46
😀 Quality of life	89	81
🏙️ Population	563K	398K

The cost of living in Dresden is 20% less expensive than in Wichita. Cities ranked 3857th and 2435th ($1462 vs $1817) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 1891st 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 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 2.1 months in Wichita. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Wichita ranked 124th in the United States, while ranked 203rd and 488th 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	$12	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$59.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$4.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$816
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$744
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$2184
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1803
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$257
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$72.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$1544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$1464
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$54.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$4.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$16.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$5.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$99.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$88.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$910
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$16129

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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 Wichita

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Derby	$1843
40 km or 25 mi	Newton	$1727
66 km or 41 mi	Hutchinson	$1243
111 km or 69 mi	Ponca	$1685
128 km or 80 mi	Salina	$1500
129 km or 80 mi	Emporia	$1596
151 km or 94 mi	Enid	$1832
155 km or 96 mi	Junction	$2026
161 km or 100 mi	Bartlesville	$1841
176 km or 109 mi	Stillwater	$1755
179 km or 111 mi	Manhattan	$1807
205 km or 128 mi	Owasso	$1732
209 km or 130 mi	Topeka	$1577
213 km or 132 mi	Tulsa	$1835
216 km or 134 mi	Claremore	$1772
217 km or 135 mi	Sapulpa	$1854
218 km or 136 mi	Hays	$1515
227 km or 141 mi	Edmond	$1580
230 km or 143 mi	Broken Arrow	$1835
232 km or 144 mi	Bixby	$1840
232 km or 144 mi	Lawrence	$1690
234 km or 146 mi	Pittsburg	$1899
236 km or 147 mi	Dodge	$1765
245 km or 152 mi	Gardner	$2100
246 km or 153 mi	Yukon	$1864
246 km or 153 mi	Oklahoma City	$1961
248 km or 154 mi	Midwest	$1919
250 km or 155 mi	Del	$1953
258 km or 160 mi	Mustang	$1931
258 km or 160 mi	Olathe	$2258
258 km or 161 mi	Joplin	$1874
262 km or 163 mi	Moore	$2045
263 km or 164 mi	Shawnee	$1909
266 km or 165 mi	Lenexa	$2308
268 km or 167 mi	Shawnee	$2231
270 km or 168 mi	Overland Park	$2433
274 km or 170 mi	Leawood	$2316
274 km or 171 mi	Norman	$2179
275 km or 171 mi	Belton	$1802
276 km or 172 mi	Prairie Village	$2287