Dresden vs Zaragoza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Zaragoza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1101
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2539
🏠 One person rent	$684	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$671
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$409
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1637
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	27
😀 Quality of life	88	59
🏙️ Population	566K	687K

The cost of living in Dresden is 27% more expensive than in Zaragoza. Cities ranked 3862nd and 4828th ($1402 vs $1101) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 120th in Germany and Spain, respectively. Check Germany vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.5 months in Zaragoza. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Zaragoza ranked 99th in Spain, while ranked 217th and 5447th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Zaragoza

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	Dresden	Zaragoza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$2.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$519
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$56.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$86.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$4315
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$5.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$92.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$474
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$7261

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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 Zaragoza

Distance	City	Cost of living
67 km or 42 mi	Huesca	$1071
76 km or 47 mi	Tudela	$1241
126 km or 78 mi	Lleida	$1235
144 km or 90 mi	Pamplona	$1422
158 km or 98 mi	Logrono	$983
174 km or 108 mi	Vinaros	$1275
187 km or 116 mi	Tarragona	$1217
188 km or 117 mi	Pau	$1296
193 km or 120 mi	Tarbes	$1369
199 km or 123 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
200 km or 124 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
201 km or 125 mi	Villarreal	$1131
202 km or 125 mi	Irun	$1453
203 km or 126 mi	Errenteria	$1461
205 km or 127 mi	Cuenca	$1084
206 km or 128 mi	San Sebastian	$1477
207 km or 128 mi	Borriana	$1150
211 km or 131 mi	Zarautz	$1438
211 km or 131 mi	Biarritz	$1562
215 km or 133 mi	Eibar	$1365
218 km or 136 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
222 km or 138 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
223 km or 138 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
223 km or 139 mi	Ordino	$1592
225 km or 140 mi	Manresa	$1089
225 km or 140 mi	Sagunto	$1220
241 km or 149 mi	Terrassa	$1361
241 km or 150 mi	Requena	$1261
243 km or 151 mi	Rubi	$1393
244 km or 152 mi	Burgos	$1107
245 km or 152 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
246 km or 153 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
247 km or 153 mi	Valencia	$1522
247 km or 153 mi	Bilbao	$1455
248 km or 154 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
249 km or 155 mi	Sabadell	$1431
250 km or 156 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
254 km or 158 mi	Ripollet	$1454
255 km or 159 mi	Portugalete	$1385
256 km or 159 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387