Chicago vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chicago	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2799	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6454	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1702	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$2727	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$702	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5210	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	97	89
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.4M

The cost of living in Chicago is 57% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 394th and 2821st ($2799 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 338th and 2nd in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Chicago compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Chicago ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 16th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Prague

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	Chicago	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.5	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.36	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1993	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1414	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3215	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2313	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.77%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3645	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2499	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.8	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.01	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.3	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.7	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.5	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.84	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.2	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$135	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.7	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.8	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2032	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23423	$15329

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2384
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2360
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2396
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2386
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2367
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2202
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2287
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2393
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2385
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2399
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2366
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2400
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2426
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2288
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2398
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2406
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2405
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2549
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2393
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2413
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2395
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$2030
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2327
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2392
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2379
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2462
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$2008
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2388
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2399
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2468
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2363
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2495
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2268
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2392
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2368
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2261
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2392
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$1989
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2376
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2426

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