Dresden vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2459
🏠 One person rent	$684	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$57.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$894
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	29
😀 Quality of life	88	51
🏙️ Population	566K	431K

The cost of living in Dresden is 63% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 3862nd and 6224th ($1402 vs $862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 1st in Germany and Namibia, respectively. Check Germany vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1 months in Windhoek. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 217th and 6198th 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	$12.9	$9.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$46.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	11.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1274
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$786
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$5.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$4344

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$792
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$811
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$813
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$827
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$768
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$740
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$742
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$731
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$699
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$628
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$664
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$665
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$691
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$780
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$631
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$814
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$540
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$688
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$624
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$577
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$820
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$748
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$923
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$837
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$953
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$671
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$906
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$807
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$645
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$785