Munich vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	94	89
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.4M

The cost of living in Munich is 39% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 920th and 2821st ($2463 vs $1778) 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 1.3 months in Prague. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 61st and 277th 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	$19.1	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$15329

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730

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