Detroit vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Detroit	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5076	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1225	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$2140	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3098	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	77	93
😀 Quality of life	88	89
🏙️ Population	639K	1.4M

The cost of living in Detroit is 20% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1636th and 2821st ($2133 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1374th 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 1.5 months in Detroit compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Detroit ranked 99th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 311th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Detroit vs Prague

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	Detroit	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$949	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1719	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1383	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.4	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.36	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.63	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.93	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.4	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1177	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16684	$15329

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1961
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2062
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2052
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2048
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2080
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1737
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2032
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2124
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2061
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1911
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2085
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2041
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2167
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2062
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2036
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2053
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1996
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1913
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2045
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1973
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1874
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1958
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2048
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2100
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2078
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2002
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2295
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1822
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1957
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1721
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2276
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1832
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1642
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1611
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1949
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1608

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