Brisbane vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	93
😀 Quality of life	97	89
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.4M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 22% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1241st and 2377th ($2323 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st 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 1.2 months in Prague. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 3rd and 244th 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	$15.8	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$19039

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340