Bucharest vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$474	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	77	93
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.38M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 35% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5565th and 3363rd ($988 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Romania and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Romania vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 645th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Prague

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	Bucharest	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$12277

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

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