Dresden vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$919
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$1997
🏠 One person rent	$729	$572
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$235
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	30
😀 Quality of life	89	26
🏙️ Population	563K	6.87M

The cost of living in Dresden is 59% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 3857th and 6082nd ($1462 vs $919) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 1st 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 0.3 months in Yangon. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Yangon ranked 2nd in Myanmar, while ranked 203rd and 8533rd 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	$12	$2.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$23.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$3.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$871
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$431
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$1016
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$707
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$27.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$41.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$1438
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$312
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$9.19
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$8.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$0.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$1.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$3.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$8.95
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$1.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$484
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$10024

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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 Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$783
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$792
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$612
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$564
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$690
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$742
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$655
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$559
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$674
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$617
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$593
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$513
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$564
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$570
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$739
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$664
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$759
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$613
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$994
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$787
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$786
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$588
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$676
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$769
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$758
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$800
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$564
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$773
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$325
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1168
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$555
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$608
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$703
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$599
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$312
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$633
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$626