Izmir vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Izmir	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2294	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$437	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$792	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.5	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$681	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	68	93
😀 Quality of life	68	87
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.38M

The cost of living in Izmir is 40% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5990th and 3363rd ($909 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 Izmir compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Izmir ranked 3rd best city to live in Turkey vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 3369th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Izmir vs Prague

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	Izmir	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.23	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$523	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.4	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.03%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1738	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1020	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.93	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.56	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.07	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.36	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.9	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.6	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.77	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.2	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$409	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9671	$12277

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Cities near Izmir

Distance	City	Cost of living
34 km or 21 mi	Manisa	$638
50 km or 31 mi	Turgutlu	$675
63 km or 39 mi	Kusadasi	$764
64 km or 39 mi	Tire	$681
87 km or 54 mi	Chios	$1099
87 km or 54 mi	Salihli	$677
88 km or 55 mi	Aydin	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Mytilene	$934
95 km or 59 mi	Soma	$679
117 km or 73 mi	Nazilli	$643
152 km or 94 mi	Balikesir	$707
155 km or 96 mi	Bodrum	$1038
171 km or 106 mi	Mugla	$773
185 km or 115 mi	Denizli	$477
192 km or 119 mi	Mykonos	$1838
199 km or 124 mi	Usak	$629
200 km or 124 mi	Marmaris	$1049
203 km or 126 mi	Canakkale	$690
227 km or 141 mi	Bandirma	$679
240 km or 149 mi	Rhodes	$1070
257 km or 160 mi	Bursa	$743
265 km or 164 mi	Fethiye	$843
268 km or 167 mi	Santorini	$1659
271 km or 168 mi	Kutahya	$568
276 km or 171 mi	Inegol	$708
286 km or 178 mi	Burdur	$554
288 km or 179 mi	Tekirdag	$661
292 km or 181 mi	Alexandroupoli	$911
292 km or 182 mi	Kifissia	$1265
298 km or 185 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
299 km or 186 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
300 km or 186 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
302 km or 187 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
302 km or 188 mi	Glyfada	$1437
303 km or 188 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 188 mi	Athens	$1272
304 km or 189 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
305 km or 189 mi	Kallithea	$1159
305 km or 190 mi	Peristeri	$1082
305 km or 190 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258

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