Copenhagen vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Copenhagen	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2387	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5438	$3619
🏠 One person rent	$1384	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$2466	$1662
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3915	$1671
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	92
😀 Quality of life	96	85
🏙️ Population	644K	1.36M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 56% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 872nd and 3308th ($2387 vs $1531) 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 1.6 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 9th and 273rd 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	$19.6	$8.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.7	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$8.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.1	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$6.2	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.03	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$926
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1122	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2867	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2046	$1265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$223	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.14%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8131	$7359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5911	$5167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.8	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.1	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.28	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.02	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$6.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.2	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$539	$583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8976	$11372

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2008
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2011
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1887
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1276
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1566
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1766
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1999
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1480
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1652
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1439
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1375
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1638
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1330
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1181
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1318
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1972
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1569
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1880
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1392
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1282
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1541
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1584
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1403
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1581
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1380
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1438
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1657
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1382
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1398
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1426
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1506
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1159
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1599
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1338
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1380
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1519
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1329

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002