Brisbane vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	93
😀 Quality of life	98	89
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.4M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 16% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1813th and 2821st ($2065 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Australia and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Australia vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 9th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Prague

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	Brisbane	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$15329

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284