Glasgow vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Glasgow	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2114	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4959	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$2124	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3456	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	93
😀 Quality of life	94	89
🏙️ Population	626K	1.4M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 11% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1708th and 2377th ($2114 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 1st in the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Glasgow compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 39th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Prague

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	Glasgow	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.9	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.4	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1681	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$320	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.73%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4105	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3087	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.15	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.23	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.7	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.63	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$135	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$928	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21435	$19039

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1885
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1831
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1647
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1835
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1704
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1842
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1760
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1586
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1640
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1456
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1593
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1596
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1485
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1878
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2005
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2236
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1943
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1820
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1777
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1778
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1523
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1872
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1554
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1646
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1834
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1791
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1404

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