Melbourne vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Melbourne	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2543	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6242	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$1414	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$2478	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$607	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$361	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4489	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	100	89
🏙️ Population	5.35M	1.4M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 34% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 829th and 2377th ($2543 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Australia and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Australia vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 1st and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Prague

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	Melbourne	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.1	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.51	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.15	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1557	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1162	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2836	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2092	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.58%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6978	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6027	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$140	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.94	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.14	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.8	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2326	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22313	$19039

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1834
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1813
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1913
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1933
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1896
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1915
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1936
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2179
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1606
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$2000
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1816
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1868
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1825
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1728
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2258
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1905
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1795
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2364
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1460
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1701
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2355
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1709
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1855
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2481
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2040
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2354
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1995
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1273
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340