Minneapolis vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minneapolis	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2308	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5659	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1339	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$689	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$122	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4620	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	84	93
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	430K	1.38M

The cost of living in Minneapolis is 53% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1145th and 3363rd ($2308 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1045th 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 1.2 months in Prague. Minneapolis ranked 53rd best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 237th and 285th 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	$19.1	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.8	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.52	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.89	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.02	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1496	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1093	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2583	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1998	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.6	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3373	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2457	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.2	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.86	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.38	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.48	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.88	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.2	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.5	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1724	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27328	$12277

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Cities near Minneapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	Golden Valley	$2239
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	St. Louis Park	$2234
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Crystal	$2255
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Roseville	$2157
10 km or 6.2 mi	Richfield	$2227
10 km or 6.4 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2297
11 km or 6.6 mi	New Hope	$2281
11 km or 6.8 mi	New Brighton	$2275
12 km or 7.2 mi	Fridley	$2331
12 km or 7.3 mi	Edina	$2259
14 km or 8.8 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2340
14 km or 9 mi	Saint Paul	$1952
14 km or 9 mi	Shoreview	$2264
15 km or 9.3 mi	Plymouth	$2280
15 km or 9.6 mi	Coon Rapids	$2328
17 km or 10 mi	Bloomington	$2260
18 km or 11 mi	Maple Grove	$2321
20 km or 12 mi	Minnetonka	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Eagan	$2214
20 km or 12 mi	Blaine	$2557
21 km or 13 mi	South St. Paul	$2085
21 km or 13 mi	Eden Prairie	$2382
22 km or 14 mi	Maplewood	$2092
23 km or 14 mi	Savage	$2269
23 km or 14 mi	Inver Grove Heights	$2134
23 km or 15 mi	White Bear Lake	$2213
24 km or 15 mi	Burnsville	$2263
24 km or 15 mi	Oakdale	$2119
24 km or 15 mi	Lino Lakes	$2324
25 km or 15 mi	Chanhassen	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Champlin	$2478
27 km or 17 mi	Woodbury	$2159
28 km or 17 mi	Andover	$2401
28 km or 17 mi	Apple Valley	$2214
29 km or 18 mi	Shakopee	$2321
29 km or 18 mi	Rosemount	$2213
31 km or 19 mi	Cottage Grove	$2163
32 km or 20 mi	Prior Lake	$2273
34 km or 21 mi	Chaska	$2293
34 km or 21 mi	Ramsey	$2682

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120