Bern vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bern	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2381	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6677	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1185	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2375	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$829	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6312	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	80	93
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	135K	1.38M

The cost of living in Bern is 57% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 987th and 3363rd ($2381 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 42nd 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 2.7 months in Bern compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Bern ranked 8th best city to live in Switzerland vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 36th and 285th 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	$23.7	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$16.9	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.52	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.64	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.62	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1326	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$889	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2668	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1931	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$252	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.3	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.51%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13401	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11590	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.31	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$89.3	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$41	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.94	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.88	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.7	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$29.9	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$42.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.83	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.2	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.8	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.7	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$131	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$156	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2981	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27477	$12277

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Cities near Bern

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.5 km or 2.2 mi	Koniz	$2457
25 km or 16 mi	Thun	$2481
26 km or 16 mi	Biel/Bienne	$2331
28 km or 17 mi	Fribourg	$2470
40 km or 25 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
43 km or 27 mi	Interlaken	$2637
48 km or 30 mi	Bulle	$2658
50 km or 31 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
64 km or 40 mi	Kriens	$2891
64 km or 40 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
66 km or 41 mi	Lucerne	$2931
66 km or 41 mi	Emmen	$2897
67 km or 42 mi	Aarau	$2252
67 km or 42 mi	Allschwil	$2717
69 km or 43 mi	Basel	$2643
70 km or 44 mi	Montreux	$3088
71 km or 44 mi	Saint-Louis	$1286
72 km or 45 mi	Riehen	$3233
73 km or 45 mi	Rheinfelden	$1447
73 km or 45 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1442
76 km or 47 mi	Lorrach	$1434
77 km or 48 mi	Lausanne	$2732
80 km or 50 mi	Sion	$1950
80 km or 50 mi	Renens	$2738
85 km or 53 mi	Zug	$3426
86 km or 54 mi	Baar	$3099
87 km or 54 mi	Baden	$3059
88 km or 55 mi	Wettingen	$2970
88 km or 55 mi	Dietikon	$2934
88 km or 55 mi	Belfort	$1360
89 km or 56 mi	Mulhouse	$1249
92 km or 57 mi	Altstetten	$3037
94 km or 58 mi	Horgen	$2976
95 km or 59 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1472
95 km or 59 mi	Zurich	$3296
98 km or 61 mi	Wadenswil	$2960
102 km or 63 mi	Dubendorf	$2988
104 km or 65 mi	Bulach	$2873
106 km or 66 mi	Uster	$2974
109 km or 68 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$2861

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