Dresden vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$2386
🏠 One person rent	$706	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$588
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	65	30
😀 Quality of life	92	55
🏙️ Population	566K	431K

The cost of living in Dresden is 50% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 3968th and 5494th ($1531 vs $1023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 1st in Germany and Namibia, respectively. Check Germany vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.6 months in Windhoek. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 117th and 6345th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Windhoek

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	Dresden	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$347
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$622
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$79.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$53.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	11.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$1427
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$632
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$0.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$49.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$7.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$7.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$5.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$7.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$6.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$3.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$5.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$34.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$95.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$5907

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$934
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$971
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$968
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$874
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$986
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$883
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$905
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$873
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$855
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$811
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$662
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$694
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$697
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$731
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$901
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$628
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$927
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$551
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$718
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$826
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$1017
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$633
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$595
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$791
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$950
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$826
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$1057
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$763
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$875
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$958
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$1089
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$865
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$692
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$1049
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1171
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$967
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$765
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$665
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$892