Lisbon vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lisbon	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1889	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4274	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1221	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$2077	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.9	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1510	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	93
😀 Quality of life	84	89
🏙️ Population	546K	1.4M

The cost of living in Lisbon is 6% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2357th and 2821st ($1889 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Portugal and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Portugal vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Lisbon compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Lisbon ranked 2nd best city to live in Portugal vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 479th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lisbon vs Prague

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	Lisbon	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.9	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.96	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.25	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1374	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1010	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2516	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1726	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7218	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4683	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.33	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.2	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.2	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.58	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.37	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.57	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.84	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.31	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.64	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$624	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17217	$15329

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Cities near Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1701
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1481
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1522
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1505
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1463
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1352
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1394
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1756
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1533
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1509
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1663
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1486
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1525
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1577
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1656
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1486
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1216
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1329
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1390
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1379
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1589
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1383
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1370
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1385
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1357
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1498
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1305
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1316
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1681
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1289
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1410
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1333
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1221
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1304
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1350
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1214
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1297
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$1006
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1231

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284