Dusseldorf vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dusseldorf	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1979	$2825
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4769	$6608
🏠 One person rent	$1090	$1770
🏘️ Family rent	$1897	$3115
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$731
🚐 Transport expenses	$178	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3937	$4380
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	54
😀 Quality of life	96	88
🏙️ Population	631K	525K

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 30% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 2065th and 362nd ($1979 vs $2825) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 307th in Germany and the United States, respectively. Check Germany vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Dusseldorf compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Dusseldorf ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Sacramento ranked 98th in the United States, while ranked 25th and 309th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dusseldorf vs Sacramento infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dusseldorf/sacramento.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dusseldorf vs Sacramento infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dusseldorf/sacramento" target="_blank">Dusseldorf vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dusseldorf vs Sacramento

Prices for goods and services in Dusseldorf and Sacramento are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dusseldorf	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$79.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$8.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1139	$1816
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$859	$1449
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2011	$3293
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1558	$2644
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$74.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7326	$5035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6067	$4072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.8	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$18.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$4.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$5.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.11	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$17.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$5.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$6.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.25	$17.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$4.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$3.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$48.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.7	$135
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$59.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$95
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$789	$1441
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23360	$27489

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1650
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1631
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1661
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1645
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1613
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1711
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1616
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1740
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1645
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1567
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1727
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1626
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1634
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1574
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1659
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1708
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1596
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1555
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1340
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1543
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1651
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1741
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$2037
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1525
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1544
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1488
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1586
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1608
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1650
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1516
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1678
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1630
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1474
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1552
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1547
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1968

Cities near Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2691
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2703
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2624
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2692
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2767
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2811
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2875
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2892
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2839
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2727
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2630
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2875
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2665
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2782
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3181
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2672
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3098
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3344
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2770
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2212
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2943
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2270
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3116
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2936
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$2991
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3504
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2823
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2764
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2910
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2381
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2838
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2721
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2679
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$3033
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3058
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2114
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2858
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2950
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3818
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2850