Berlin vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Berlin	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2027	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4661	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2029	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$258	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3225	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	3.78M	1.38M

The cost of living in Berlin is 34% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1762nd and 3363rd ($2027 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Germany and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Germany vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Berlin ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 21st and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Prague

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	Berlin	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$832	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2233	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8133	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5908	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.68	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.9	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.55	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.01	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.3	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.2	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9774	$12277

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1707
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1782
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1770
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1714
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1763
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1724
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1691
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1796
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1695
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1665
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1711
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1714
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1632
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1663
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1686
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1723
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1690
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1534
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1644
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1442
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1437
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1319
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1241
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1315
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1332
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1350
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1421
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1395
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1282
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1108
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1346
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1022
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373

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