Helsinki vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Helsinki	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4167	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$918	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1517	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3006	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	78	93
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	676K	1.38M

The cost of living in Helsinki is 20% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2353rd and 3363rd ($1816 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Finland and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Finland vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Helsinki compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Helsinki ranked 1st best city to live in Finland vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 26th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Helsinki vs Prague

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	Helsinki	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.4	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.29	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.73	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$796	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1796	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1297	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.9	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.8	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.1%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8076	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4860	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.3	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.05	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.4	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$345	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9361	$12277

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Helsinki

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Vantaa	$1671
16 km or 9.7 mi	Espoo	$1879
26 km or 16 mi	Tuusula	$1509
27 km or 17 mi	Kerava	$1486
29 km or 18 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
33 km or 21 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
34 km or 21 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
47 km or 29 mi	Porvoo	$1327
49 km or 30 mi	Lohja	$1220
51 km or 32 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
63 km or 39 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
78 km or 48 mi	Maardu	$1219
83 km or 51 mi	Tallinn	$1414
86 km or 53 mi	Raseborg	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
98 km or 61 mi	Lahti	$1398
102 km or 63 mi	Salo	$1396
115 km or 72 mi	Kotka	$1286
122 km or 76 mi	Rakvere	$899
124 km or 77 mi	Kouvola	$1355
131 km or 81 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
132 km or 82 mi	Hamina	$1329
143 km or 89 mi	Kaarina	$1450
150 km or 93 mi	Turku	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Raisio	$1450
157 km or 98 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
160 km or 100 mi	Tampere	$1464
164 km or 102 mi	Nokia	$1432
169 km or 105 mi	Ylojarvi	$1426
170 km or 106 mi	Sastamala	$1391
181 km or 113 mi	Sillamae	$952
188 km or 117 mi	Jamsa	$1394
201 km or 125 mi	Parnu	$1064
203 km or 126 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
203 km or 126 mi	Narva	$953
205 km or 127 mi	Viljandi	$933
210 km or 131 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
214 km or 133 mi	Rauma	$1254
224 km or 139 mi	Pori	$1239
224 km or 139 mi	Tartu	$1045

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