Dresden vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$614
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$1663
🏠 One person rent	$755	$220
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$365
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$149
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	30
😀 Quality of life	89	45
🏙️ Population	566K	6.87M

The cost of living in Dresden is 153% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 3768th and 7717th ($1555 vs $614) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd and 2nd in Germany and Myanmar, respectively. Check Germany vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.2 months in Yangon. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 263rd and 7117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Yangon

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	Dresden	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$2.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$339
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$597
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$26.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$40.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$22.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	12.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$2152
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$9.91
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$8.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$6.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$9.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$2.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$8.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$1.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$1.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$2.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$2.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$2.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$62.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$92.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$15435

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563

Cities near Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$571
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$666
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$581
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$594
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$727
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$667
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$534
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$558
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$603
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$623
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$553
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$736
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$675
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$737
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$635
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$540
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$958
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$774
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$774
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$519
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$724
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$770
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$812
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$787
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$324
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1152
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$578
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1181
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$718
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$577
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$358
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$599