Amsterdam vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	93
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	921K	1.38M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 85% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 331st and 3363rd ($2791 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 1.2 months in Prague. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 29th and 285th 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	$21	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$12277

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120