Lisbon vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lisbon	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1738	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4010	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$1101	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1921	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$405	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1351	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	92
😀 Quality of life	82	86
🏙️ Population	546K	1.38M

The cost of living in Lisbon is 6% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2758th and 3084th ($1738 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 1.1 months in Prague. Lisbon ranked 1st best city to live in Portugal vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 437th and 292nd 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	$13	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.76	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1300	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2473	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1564	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6911	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3548	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.48	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.72	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.6	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.8	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$595	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16143	$12545

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Cities near Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1694
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1385
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1401
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1460
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1418
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1293
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1332
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1618
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1460
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1453
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1491
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1408
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1471
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1534
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1834
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1412
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1357
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1202
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1266
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1348
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1312
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1350
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1323
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1314
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1321
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1301
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1425
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1237
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1256
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1624
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1206
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1351
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1275
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1213
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1249
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1228
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1221
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1235
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1162

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