Copenhagen vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Copenhagen	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2555	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5866	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$1447	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$2513	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$713	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4784	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	93
😀 Quality of life	97	89
🏙️ Population	667K	1.4M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 35% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 805th and 2377th ($2555 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.9 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 5th and 244th 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	$21.1	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.09	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$7.32	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.12	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1680	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2988	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11390	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7705	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.71	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.33	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.75	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.3	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.4	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$38	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12710	$19039

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2533
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2195
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1423
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1793
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2151
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2220
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1567
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1568
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2053
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1583
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1478
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2073
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1399
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1358
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1893
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1792
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1429
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2135
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1584
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1441
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1731
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1650
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1477
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1621
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1483
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1840
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1570
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1654
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1852
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1411
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1637
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1415
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1475
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1723
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1557

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340