Gothenburg vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gothenburg	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1623	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3695	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$808	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1406	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3142	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	93
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	675K	1.38M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 7% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2959th and 3363rd ($1623 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Sweden and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Sweden vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Gothenburg compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Gothenburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Sweden vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 78th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gothenburg vs Prague

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	Gothenburg	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.1	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.46	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.53	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$665	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.6	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.7	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5838	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3896	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.4	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.4	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.08	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.9	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3664	$12277

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1498
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1367
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1284
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1208
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1473
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1676
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1333
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1373
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1575
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1310
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1800
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1733
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$1983
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$1828
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$1952
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1140
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1508
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1623
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1279
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1707
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1631
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2134
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1651
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1251

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120