Dresden vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$729	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$222
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	50
😀 Quality of life	89	48
🏙️ Population	563K	1.57M

The cost of living in Dresden is 162% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 3857th and 8203rd ($1462 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 55th in Germany and Iran, respectively. Check Germany vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 203rd and 6304th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Shiraz

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	Dresden	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$2159

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$546
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$537
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$556
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$489
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$561
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$548
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$507
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$527
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$520
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$577
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$588
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$545
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$490
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$878
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$713
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$557
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$588
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1267
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$989
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1226
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1218
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$870
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$467
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$559
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1719
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$879
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$705