Minneapolis vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Minneapolis	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2256	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5584	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$1311	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4424	$1865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	83	92
😀 Quality of life	88	86
🏙️ Population	430K	1.38M

The cost of living in Minneapolis is 37% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1228th and 3084th ($2256 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1082nd and 2nd in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Minneapolis compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Minneapolis ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 234th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minneapolis vs Prague

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	Minneapolis	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.8	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.96	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$6	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1461	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2697	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2009	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.6	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2486	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.2	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.01	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.25	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.9	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.25	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.44	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.7	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1565	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27084	$12545

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Cities near Minneapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	Golden Valley	$2231
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	St. Louis Park	$2224
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Crystal	$2280
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Roseville	$2193
10 km or 6.2 mi	Richfield	$2224
10 km or 6.4 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2358
11 km or 6.6 mi	New Hope	$2282
11 km or 6.8 mi	New Brighton	$2305
12 km or 7.2 mi	Fridley	$2400
12 km or 7.3 mi	Edina	$2251
14 km or 8.8 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2398
14 km or 9 mi	Saint Paul	$2091
14 km or 9 mi	Shoreview	$2282
15 km or 9.3 mi	Plymouth	$2292
15 km or 9.6 mi	Coon Rapids	$2476
17 km or 10 mi	Bloomington	$2239
18 km or 11 mi	Maple Grove	$2353
20 km or 12 mi	Minnetonka	$2297
20 km or 12 mi	Eagan	$2200
20 km or 12 mi	Blaine	$2429
21 km or 13 mi	South St. Paul	$2177
21 km or 13 mi	Eden Prairie	$2361
22 km or 14 mi	Maplewood	$2212
23 km or 14 mi	Savage	$2249
23 km or 14 mi	Inver Grove Heights	$2196
23 km or 15 mi	White Bear Lake	$2252
24 km or 15 mi	Burnsville	$2227
24 km or 15 mi	Oakdale	$2258
24 km or 15 mi	Lino Lakes	$2319
25 km or 15 mi	Chanhassen	$2320
25 km or 16 mi	Champlin	$2485
27 km or 17 mi	Woodbury	$2352
28 km or 17 mi	Andover	$2447
28 km or 17 mi	Apple Valley	$2162
29 km or 18 mi	Shakopee	$2318
29 km or 18 mi	Rosemount	$2191
31 km or 19 mi	Cottage Grove	$2252
32 km or 20 mi	Prior Lake	$2262
34 km or 21 mi	Chaska	$2294
34 km or 21 mi	Ramsey	$2640

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