Amsterdam vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amsterdam	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2545	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5759	$3619
🏠 One person rent	$1649	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$2742	$1662
🍽️ Food expenses	$538	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$217	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3788	$1671
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	92
😀 Quality of life	94	85
🏙️ Population	921K	1.36M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 66% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 612th and 3308th ($2545 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 37th and 273rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Prague

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	Amsterdam	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$8.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$8.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.35	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1693	$926
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2979	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2298	$1265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$260	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.3	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9157	$7359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5939	$5167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.61	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.73	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.3	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.94	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$6.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.53	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.21	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.6	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.1	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1976	$583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10734	$11372

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2001
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2465
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2092
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1647
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2135
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$1894
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1897
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1958
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2055
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2205
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2000
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$1939
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1501
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$1850
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1796
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$1886
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$1836
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1804
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1729
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2013
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1841
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$1890
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1873
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1818
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1793
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$1919
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$1877
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$1756
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1770
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1942
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1864
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1876
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1697
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1725
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1761
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1901
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1746
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1734
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1822
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1833

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002