Cost of living comparison
Dresden is 92.9% more expensive than Quito.
If you lived in Dresden instead of Quito, you would:
pay 2.7 times more for restaurants
Quito
|
Dresden
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.25
|
$13.00
€11.71
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.00
|
$10.83
€9.76
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.11
|
$2.98
€2.68
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.76
|
$2.71
€2.44
|
|
pay 53.5% more for groceries
Quito
|
Dresden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.58
|
$1.91
€1.72
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.00
|
$6.32
€5.69
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.02
|
$4.35
€3.92
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.23
|
$3.55
€3.20
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.23
|
$7.24
€6.52
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.06
|
$1.27
€1.14
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.53
|
$0.66
€0.60
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.67
|
$1.00
€0.90
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.59
|
$1.49
€1.34
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.65
|
$0.72
€0.65
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.47
|
$0.76
€0.68
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for transportation
Quito
|
Dresden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.81
|
$7.35
€6.62
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$20.00
|
$63.35
€57.09
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$20,000.00
|
$29,435.59
€26,525.29
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.50
|
$25.13
€22.64
|
|
pay 3.1 times more for housing
Quito
|
Dresden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$34.65
|
$50.25
€45.29
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$446.45
|
$848.06
€764.21
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$320.83
|
$571.92
€515.37
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$31.61
|
$232.34
€209.37
|
|
pay 25.6% more for childcare
Quito
|
Dresden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$275.00
|
$281.58
€253.74
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,180.00
|
$10,694.50
€9,637.13
|
|
pay 33.1% more for entertainment and sports
Quito
|
Dresden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.00
|
$4.87
€4.39
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.79
|
$3.68
€3.32
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$6.50
|
$8.88
€8.00
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$40.67
|
$32.29
€29.10
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.00
|
$10.83
€9.76
|
|
pay 31.2% more for clothing
Quito
|
Dresden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$46.67
|
$86.04
€77.53
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$44.92
|
$41.51
€37.41
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$98.08
|
$94.08
€84.78
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$86.36
|
$131.31
€118.33
|
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