Busan vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Busan	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1122	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3048	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$395	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$821	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2421	$1865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	73	92
😀 Quality of life	89	86
🏙️ Population	3.45M	1.38M

The cost of living in Busan is 32% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4837th and 3084th ($1122 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 2nd in South Korea and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check South Korea vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Busan compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Busan ranked 4th best city to live in South Korea vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 181st and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Busan vs Prague

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	Busan	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.92	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.7	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.87	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.56	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$902	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.8	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.5	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.21%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8000	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7248	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.1	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.17	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.21	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.36	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$28.2	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.55	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.71	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.08	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.72	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$557	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14632	$12545

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Cities near Busan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Gimhae	$901
27 km or 16 mi	Yangsan	$973
40 km or 25 mi	Changwon	$1083
46 km or 28 mi	Masan	$1002
50 km or 31 mi	Geoje	$893
51 km or 32 mi	Miryang	$992
56 km or 35 mi	Ulsan	$1099
63 km or 39 mi	Tongyeong	$931
64 km or 40 mi	Sacheon	$1008
81 km or 50 mi	Tsushima Island	$981
84 km or 52 mi	Gyeongsan	$1022
85 km or 53 mi	Gyeongju	$1341
87 km or 54 mi	Jinju	$1146
94 km or 58 mi	Daegu	$1114
98 km or 61 mi	Yeongcheon	$941
102 km or 64 mi	Tsushima	$980
108 km or 67 mi	Pohang	$1000
123 km or 77 mi	Gwangyang	$999
131 km or 82 mi	Yeosu	$981
138 km or 86 mi	Gumi	$977
141 km or 88 mi	Gimcheon	$995
142 km or 88 mi	Suncheon	$1027
154 km or 96 mi	Namwon	$1005
162 km or 101 mi	Iki	$985
165 km or 103 mi	Andong	$871
166 km or 103 mi	Sangju	$981
183 km or 113 mi	Mungyeong	$992
189 km or 118 mi	Jeonju	$915
193 km or 120 mi	Gwangju	$1178
195 km or 121 mi	Yeongju	$978
198 km or 123 mi	Hirado	$968
199 km or 124 mi	Munakata	$996
199 km or 124 mi	Fukutsu	$1006
200 km or 124 mi	Okagaki	$985
201 km or 125 mi	Koga	$1015
201 km or 125 mi	Shingu	$1020
202 km or 125 mi	Itoshima	$1016
202 km or 126 mi	Karatsu	$994
204 km or 127 mi	Daejeon	$975
205 km or 127 mi	Jeongeup	$1000

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141