Amsterdam vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	93
😀 Quality of life	96	89
🏙️ Population	921K	1.4M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 75% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 143rd and 2821st ($3118 vs $1778) 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 1.3 months in Prague. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 31st and 277th 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	$21.3	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$15329

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284