Copenhagen vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	93
😀 Quality of life	97	87
🏙️ Population	644K	1.38M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 54% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1085th and 3363rd ($2333 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Denmark and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Denmark vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 10th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Prague

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	Copenhagen	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$12277

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452

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