Gothenburg vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gothenburg	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1879	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4293	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$949	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$1652	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3784	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	93
😀 Quality of life	92	89
🏙️ Population	675K	1.4M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 1% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2470th and 2377th ($1879 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st 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 2 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 91st and 244th 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	$14	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.93	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$950	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$821	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1735	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.33%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6539	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3629	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.93	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.3	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.02	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.93	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.2	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.1	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4650	$19039

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1723
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1544
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1441
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1358
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1574
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1424
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1578
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1490
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1483
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1503
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1877
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1429
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1479
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1855
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1478
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$2401
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$2018
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$2053
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1535
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$2029
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$2157
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2220
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$2135
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2195
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$2071
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1423
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1723
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1980
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1481
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$2084
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$2002
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1993
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2334
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1984
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1423

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