Budapest vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$553	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	93
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.38M

The cost of living in Budapest is 27% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4777th and 3363rd ($1109 vs $1513) 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 618th and 285th 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	$9.45	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$12277

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039

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