Madrid vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Madrid	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2015	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4668	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1177	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$2051	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$499	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$189	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2580	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	98	93
😀 Quality of life	92	89
🏙️ Population	3.42M	1.4M

The cost of living in Madrid is 13% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1962nd and 2821st ($2015 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Spain and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Spain vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Madrid compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Madrid ranked 1st best city to live in Spain vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 142nd and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Madrid vs Prague

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	Madrid	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.4	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.3	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.72	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1341	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$959	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2482	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.1%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8353	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4881	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.1	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.62	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.79	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.94	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.5	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$678	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12418	$15329

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Cities near Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1870
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1656
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1703
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1592
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1581
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1627
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1573
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1194
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1325
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1385
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1217
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1346
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1400
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1367
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1189
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$893
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1225
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1337
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1343
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1464
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1312
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1407
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$1118
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$1225
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1414
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1369
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1490
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1457
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1272
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1685
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1303
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$1133
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1345
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1233
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1320
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$913
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1382
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1344
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1703

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