Budapest vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Budapest	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1377	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3353	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$707	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1218	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1503	$2284
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	93
😀 Quality of life	82	89
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.4M

The cost of living in Budapest is 23% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4312th and 2821st ($1377 vs $1778) 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 1.3 months in Prague. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 636th and 277th 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	$10.6	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.58	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3394	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.03	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$447	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13171	$15329

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1089
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$936
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1010
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1059
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1070
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$943
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1002
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1148
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$895
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$971
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$946
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$806
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$973
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1037
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$861
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$949
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1176
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1346
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$982
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$890
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1126
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$992
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1311
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$913
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$965
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$985
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1497
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$832
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$934
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1033
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1257
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1162

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