Budapest vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Budapest	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1354	$1728
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3279	$4096
🏠 One person rent	$685	$1047
🏘️ Family rent	$1155	$1831
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$420
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1447	$2154
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	93
😀 Quality of life	80	88
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.4M

The cost of living in Budapest is 22% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4398th and 3041st ($1354 vs $1728) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Hungary and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Hungary vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 627th and 273rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Prague

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	Budapest	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$9.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.88	$9.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.81	$1.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$715	$1037
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$534	$790
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$1856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$917	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.3	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$22.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	4.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4883	$9064
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3108	$6250
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$1.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$26.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.31	$3.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.21	$7.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.02	$7.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.14	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$3.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.5	$70.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.82	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.2	$58
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.3	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$462	$896
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12299	$14394

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1065
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$928
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1076
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$988
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1033
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$934
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$941
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$878
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$818
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$984
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1177
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$876
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1160
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$941
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$979
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$773
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$932
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1052
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$866
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$873
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1229
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1382
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$961
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$892
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1217
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$904
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$1009
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1339
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$900
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$960
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$1039
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$790
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1394
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1483
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$828
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$923
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$976
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1273
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1188

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1574
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1554
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1543
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1333
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1181
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1103
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1199
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$2097
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1213
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1066
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1033
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$995
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1184
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1479
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1126
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1233
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1187
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1148
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1439
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1235
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1237
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1226
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1229
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1261
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1494
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1237
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1098
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1418
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1514
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1571
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$939
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1345
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1427
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1447
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1515
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1444
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1255