Glasgow vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Glasgow	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2013	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4848	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$1146	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$2071	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3562	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	92
😀 Quality of life	96	86
🏙️ Population	626K	1.38M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 23% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1833rd and 3084th ($2013 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 2nd 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 1.8 months in Glasgow compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Glasgow ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 19th and 292nd 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	$20.1	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.4	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.22	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.44	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1254	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$882	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2451	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.48%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3909	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3280	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.79	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.9	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.71	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.6	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.01	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1167	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12979	$12545

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141