Hamburg City vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	84	93
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	1.91M	1.38M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 33% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1818th and 3363rd ($2007 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Germany and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Germany vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 40th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Prague

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	Hamburg City	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$12277

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

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