Austin vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Austin	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2455	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5709	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1585	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2741	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$566	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5262	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	93
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	962K	1.38M

The cost of living in Austin is 62% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 858th and 3363rd ($2455 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 790th and 2nd in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Austin compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Austin ranked 30th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 142nd and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Austin vs Prague

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	Austin	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.7	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.75	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1949	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1266	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3348	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.4	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4187	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2882	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.49	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.4	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.8	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.98	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.03	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.35	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.2	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1385	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22096	$12277

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Cities near Austin

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
25 km or 15 mi	Round Rock	$2163
25 km or 15 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
31 km or 20 mi	Leander	$2260
37 km or 23 mi	Kyle	$2223
39 km or 24 mi	Georgetown	$2192
51 km or 32 mi	San Marcos	$2224
76 km or 47 mi	New Braunfels	$2182
84 km or 52 mi	Seguin	$2182
86 km or 53 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
90 km or 56 mi	Killeen	$1969
93 km or 58 mi	Copperas Cove	$2066
95 km or 59 mi	Cibolo	$2148
96 km or 60 mi	Schertz	$2132
96 km or 60 mi	Temple	$2134
122 km or 76 mi	San Antonio	$2033
137 km or 85 mi	Bryan	$1944
138 km or 86 mi	Kerrville	$2152
140 km or 87 mi	College Station	$1853
150 km or 93 mi	Waco	$2230
180 km or 112 mi	Victoria	$2215
204 km or 126 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
214 km or 133 mi	Huntsville	$2089
215 km or 133 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
218 km or 136 mi	Stephenville	$2133
218 km or 136 mi	Conroe	$1799
219 km or 136 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
226 km or 140 mi	Missouri	$2087
227 km or 141 mi	Spring	$2093
230 km or 143 mi	Cleburne	$2155
233 km or 145 mi	Corsicana	$2170
234 km or 145 mi	Houston	$2265
248 km or 154 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
249 km or 155 mi	Pearland	$2108
252 km or 156 mi	Burleson	$2159
252 km or 157 mi	Midlothian	$2224
256 km or 159 mi	Pasadena	$2182
258 km or 160 mi	Alvin	$2056
260 km or 161 mi	Friendswood	$2097
260 km or 161 mi	Mansfield	$2305

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