Dresden vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$729	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$1966
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	93
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	563K	1.86M

The cost of living in Dresden is 18% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 3857th and 2592nd ($1462 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 1st in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 203rd and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Warsaw

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	Dresden	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$13474

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390