Istanbul vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Istanbul	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1125	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$587	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1119	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$820	$1865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	92
😀 Quality of life	77	86
🏙️ Population	15.5M	1.38M

The cost of living in Istanbul is 31% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4816th and 3084th ($1125 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkey and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Turkey vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Istanbul compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Istanbul ranked 1st best city to live in Turkey vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 790th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Istanbul vs Prague

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	Istanbul	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.84	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.35	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.29	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.27	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.42	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$769	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.9	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	45.66%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3275	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1719	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.27	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.45	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.01	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.25	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.6	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$626	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13982	$12545

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Cities near Istanbul

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Cayirova	$594
46 km or 28 mi	Gebze	$579
73 km or 45 mi	Korfez	$643
79 km or 49 mi	Kocaeli	$695
83 km or 51 mi	Golcuk	$642
87 km or 54 mi	Izmit	$652
91 km or 56 mi	Kapakli	$683
92 km or 57 mi	Bursa	$789
96 km or 59 mi	Kartepe	$633
98 km or 61 mi	Corlu	$694
111 km or 69 mi	Bandirma	$655
113 km or 70 mi	Inegol	$690
121 km or 75 mi	Tekirdag	$705
124 km or 77 mi	Adapazari	$502
124 km or 77 mi	Sakarya	$605
129 km or 80 mi	Bilecik	$692
141 km or 88 mi	Luleburgaz	$646
166 km or 103 mi	Kirklareli	$596
176 km or 110 mi	Balikesir	$584
186 km or 115 mi	Duzce	$461
190 km or 118 mi	Eskisehir	$716
192 km or 120 mi	Uzunkopru	$645
197 km or 122 mi	Kutahya	$700
207 km or 129 mi	Burgas	$573
208 km or 129 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$589
214 km or 133 mi	Edirne	$635
224 km or 139 mi	Bolu	$599
234 km or 145 mi	Soma	$642
236 km or 147 mi	Canakkale	$668
259 km or 161 mi	Varna	$931
260 km or 162 mi	Alexandroupoli	$999
261 km or 162 mi	Yambol	$561
261 km or 162 mi	Usak	$648
284 km or 177 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$463
287 km or 178 mi	Sliven	$624
290 km or 180 mi	Salihli	$657
290 km or 180 mi	Bartin	$672
295 km or 184 mi	Manisa	$612
296 km or 184 mi	Mytilene	$899
299 km or 186 mi	Komotini	$985

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