Dresden vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$729	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	92
😀 Quality of life	89	86
🏙️ Population	563K	1.38M

The cost of living in Dresden is 11% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3857th and 3084th ($1462 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 2nd in Germany and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Germany vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 203rd and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Prague

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	Dresden	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$12545

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141