Bern vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bern	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2512	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6867	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$1268	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$2589	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$860	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6657	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	80	92
😀 Quality of life	95	86
🏙️ Population	135K	1.38M

The cost of living in Bern is 53% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 743rd and 3084th ($2512 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 44th and 2nd in Switzerland and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Switzerland vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.6 months in Bern compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Bern ranked 6th best city to live in Switzerland vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 33rd and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bern vs Prague

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	Bern	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.7	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.7	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.39	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$5.76	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.78	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1341	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$956	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2706	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2140	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.54%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14168	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12333	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.3	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$42.3	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.14	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.71	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.9	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$29.8	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$45.5	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.08	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.04	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$22.9	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$151	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.9	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$138	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$165	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2516	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22088	$12545

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Cities near Bern

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.5 km or 2.2 mi	Koniz	$2592
25 km or 16 mi	Thun	$2646
26 km or 16 mi	Biel/Bienne	$2517
28 km or 17 mi	Fribourg	$2738
40 km or 25 mi	Neuchatel	$2424
43 km or 27 mi	Interlaken	$2746
48 km or 30 mi	Bulle	$2823
50 km or 31 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2373
64 km or 40 mi	Kriens	$2989
64 km or 40 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2940
66 km or 41 mi	Lucerne	$3068
66 km or 41 mi	Emmen	$3020
67 km or 42 mi	Aarau	$2207
67 km or 42 mi	Allschwil	$2843
69 km or 43 mi	Basel	$2741
70 km or 44 mi	Montreux	$3257
71 km or 44 mi	Saint-Louis	$1399
72 km or 45 mi	Riehen	$3415
73 km or 45 mi	Rheinfelden	$1551
73 km or 45 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1538
76 km or 47 mi	Lorrach	$1531
77 km or 48 mi	Lausanne	$2890
80 km or 50 mi	Sion	$2052
80 km or 50 mi	Renens	$2871
85 km or 53 mi	Zug	$3627
86 km or 54 mi	Baar	$3320
87 km or 54 mi	Baden	$3206
88 km or 55 mi	Wettingen	$3135
88 km or 55 mi	Dietikon	$3048
88 km or 55 mi	Belfort	$1384
89 km or 56 mi	Mulhouse	$1366
92 km or 57 mi	Altstetten	$3139
94 km or 58 mi	Horgen	$3163
95 km or 59 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1559
95 km or 59 mi	Zurich	$3392
98 km or 61 mi	Wadenswil	$3145
102 km or 63 mi	Dubendorf	$3129
104 km or 65 mi	Bulach	$3013
106 km or 66 mi	Uster	$3057
109 km or 68 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$3011

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141