Cologne vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$947	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	93
😀 Quality of life	96	87
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.38M

The cost of living in Cologne is 15% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2551st and 3363rd ($1744 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 2nd in Germany and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Germany vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 12th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Prague

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	Cologne	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$12277

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

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