Beijing vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beijing	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2879	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$575	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1275	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1443	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	75	87
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.38M

The cost of living in Beijing is 33% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5387th and 3363rd ($1016 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in China and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check China vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Beijing compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Beijing ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 989th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Beijing vs Prague infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/beijing/prague.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Beijing vs Prague infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/beijing/prague" target="_blank">Beijing vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Beijing vs Prague

Prices for goods and services in Beijing and Prague are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Beijing	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.86	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.5	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.58	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$819	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1965	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.6	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14717	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6695	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.77	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.33	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.26	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.49	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.51	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.9	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.3	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$698	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22456	$12277

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$716
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$756
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$649
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$586
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$680
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$472
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$665
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$702
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$592
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$711
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$679
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$655
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$550
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$584
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$642
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$635
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$618
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$581
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$533
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$629
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$544
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$564
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$524
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$642
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$703
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$590
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$638
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$616
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$624
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$620
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$600
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$620
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$815

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