Munich vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	93	87
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.38M

The cost of living in Munich is 46% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1352nd and 3363rd ($2201 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Germany and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Germany vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 54th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Prague

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	Munich	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$12277

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560

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