Edmonton vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edmonton	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1835	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4159	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$996	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$1618	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3432	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	64	93
😀 Quality of life	91	89
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.4M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 3% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2656th and 2377th ($1835 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 1st in Canada and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Canada vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Edmonton compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Edmonton ranked 7th best city to live in Canada vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 133rd and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Prague

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	Edmonton	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.25	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$752	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1621	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1273	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.7	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.48%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2375	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2262	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.71	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.13	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.35	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$776	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9664	$19039

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1733
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1874
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2095
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1927
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1771
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1974
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1633
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1749
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1953
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2307
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1739
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2180
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2135
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2427
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2505
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1703
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1787
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2100
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2091
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2411
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2420
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2505
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2523
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2295
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2100

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